Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. · One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer. · A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.
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.
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