PIXEL
What does "PIXEL" mean?
The smallest controllable element of a digital image on a screen.
Meanings
- A single point in a raster image, the smallest addressable element of a display. Zoom in far enough and the photo dissolves into a grid of coloured pixels.
- A tiny invisible tracking image embedded in an email or webpage. Marketers drop a tracking pixel in the email to know when you open it. technical
Did you know?
- The word 'pixel' was coined in 1965 by JPL engineer Frederic C. Billingsley to describe the picture elements of images beamed back from spacecraft - it was born in spaceflight, not entertainment.
Word origin
A 1965 blend of 'pix' (slang for pictures) and 'el' from 'element', coined by engineers working on early image processing.
Remember it
PIXEL = PIX (pictures) + EL (element): the smallest element of a picture.
A little poem
One square holds one hue.
A million squares lie, agree,
and a face appears.
haiku
Wordplay
- I'd tell you a joke about a single pixel, but it's too small to get the picture.
What it teaches
Every clear image is just countless tiny commitments to one colour, held next to each other.
Quick facts
What does PIXEL mean?
The smallest controllable element of a digital image on a screen.
Is PIXEL a valid word?
Yes — PIXEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PIXEL?
PIXEL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PIXEL come from?
A 1965 blend of 'pix' (slang for pictures) and 'el' from 'element', coined by engineers working on early image processing.
What can PIXEL teach us?
Every clear image is just countless tiny commitments to one colour, held next to each other.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.