Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pixel

1 sense of pixel

Sense 1
pixel, pel, picture element -- ((computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution")
       => component, constituent, element -- (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system")