different between megapixel vs pixel

English

Etymology

mega- +? pixel

Noun

megapixel (plural megapixels)

1. One million pixels, used as a unit of resolution of digital cameras.

   This camera has a resolution of three megapixels.

Translations

Adjective

megapixel (comparative more megapixel, superlative most megapixel)

1. (preceded by a cardinal number) Having a resolution of the specified number of megapixels.

   This is a three-megapixel camera.

Derived terms

• MP (abbreviation)

Hungarian

Etymology

mega- (“mega-”) +? pixel (“pixel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m???piks?l]
• Hyphenation: me?ga?pi?xel

Noun

megapixel (plural megapixelek)

1. (photography) megapixel (unit of resolution of digital cameras equal to one million pixels)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

mega- +? pixel

Noun

megapixel m (plural megapixel)

1. megapixel

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?api??sel/, [me.??a.pi???sel]

Noun

megapixel m (plural megapixeles)

1. megapixel

English

Etymology

pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The x stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ks?l/, /?p?ks?l/
• Rhymes: -?ks?l

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
2. One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)
• pictel (dated)
• px

Hyponyms

• gigapixel
• macropixel
• megapixel
• micropixel
• terapixel

Derived terms

Related terms

• peep pixels
• pixel peeper

Translations

Verb

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or pixelled)

1. To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.
   • 2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices (page 110)

     Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.

See also

• triangle

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Further reading

• pixel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• plexi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k.s?l/
• Hyphenation: pi?xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

1. pixel

   Synonym: beeldpunt

Derived terms

• megapixel
• pixelig

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.s?l/

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels)

1. (computing) pixel

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?piks?l]
• Hyphenation: pi?xel
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

pixel (plural pixelek)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

Declension

Derived terms

• megapixel

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

Noun

pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes

The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

References

• “pixel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• píxel (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels or pixeis)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the dots that make up an image)

   Synonym: ponto

Usage notes

The use of the plural pixeis (as opposed to píxeis) is sometimes discouraged as it does not correspond to the natural plural formation in either of the two languages.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.

References

Spanish

Noun

pixel m (plural pixeles)

1. Alternative form of píxel