HyperDic: picture_element

English > 1 sense of the expression picture element:
NOUNartifactpicture element, pixel, pel(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
English > picture element: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
Synonymspixel, pel
Categorycomputer science, computingThe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Part ofrasterThe rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor
Broadercomponent, constituent, elementAn artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up
Spanishpel, pixel, píxel
Catalanpixel, píxel

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