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pictel

pictel noun: a pixel.

Noun

pictel (plural pictels)

  1. (dated) A pixel.
    • By the time the scan is completed, the ACTA numbers of all the pictels have been computed and are stored in the computer's memory.1975, Biosciences Communications, page 284
    • Pseudo-color computer graphics displays identify the color of each pictel by a three-dimensional vector whose nonnegative elements specify the relative intensities of the three primary colors[…]1978, Derek Allan Holton, Jennifer Seberry, Combinatorial mathematics: proceedings

Forms of pictel

pluralpictels

Origin of pictel

From picture element.

Questions about pictel

What does pictel mean?
Pictel means a pixel.
What part of speech is pictel?
Pictel is a noun.
What is the plural of pictel?
The plural of pictel is pictels.

Words near pictel in the dictionary

  1. Pict's house
  2. pictarnie
  3. pictarnies
  4. pictarny
  5. Pictavi
  6. pictel
  7. pictels
  8. picter
  9. picters
  10. pictilisib
  11. Pictionary

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