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# pixel

noun (a pixel, pixels)

«pixel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pixel is one of the tiny coloured dots or squares that make up a picture on a screen or a digital photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#m1)
2. Pixels are also a way of measuring screen or picture size: 1,920 pixels wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons, pupils learn that every screen image is a grid of pixels, each with a colour made from red, green and blue light; more pixels means a sharper picture (higher resolution). Pixel art draws pictures on squared paper or in a computer grid. In maths, a picture 10 pixels wide and 10 high has 100 pixels (area). Phrases: «pixel art», «megapixel», «pixelated», «screen resolution».

### Examples

- Zoom in on the photo and you can see each pixel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x1)
- We made pixel art of a cat on squared paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x2)
- My camera takes 12-megapixel photos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x3)
- The image went blocky and pixelated when I stretched it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x4)
- Each pixel can show millions of colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x5)
- A picture 8 pixels by 8 pixels has 64 pixels in total. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/#x6)

### Note

Plural: «pixels». «Megapixel» = one million pixels. «Pixelated» (blurry, blocky). Maths: number of pixels = width × height. Short for "picture element".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pixel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pixel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pixel.html) on Mova free.