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pixelize

pixelize verb: to pixelate; to convert into pixels.

Verb

pixelize (third-person singular simple present pixelizes, present participle pixelizing, simple past and past participle pixelized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To pixelate; to convert into pixels.
    • Vector graphics are resolution-independent and can be scaled to any size without losing detail, whereas a bitmap image is resolution-dependent and can pixelize when printed beyond its resolution parameters.2006, Eddie Tapp, Photoshop Workflow Setups, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 169
    • Aftenposten’s editor-in-chief, Espen Egil Hansen, said the newspaper had received a message from Facebook asking it to “either remove or pixelize” the photograph.2016 September 9, Alice Ross, Julia Carrie Wong, “Facebook deletes Norwegian PM's post as ‘napalm girl’ row escalates”, in The Guardian

Forms of pixelize

third-person singular presentpixelizes
present participlepixelizing
past participlepixelized
pastpixelized

Origin of pixelize

From pixel + -ize.

Words formed from pixelize

Questions about pixelize

What does pixelize mean?
Pixelize means to pixelate; to convert into pixels.
What part of speech is pixelize?
Pixelize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pixelize?
The past tense of pixelize is pixelized.

Words near pixelize in the dictionary

  1. pixeling
  2. pixelisation
  3. pixelise
  4. pixelization
  5. pixelizations
  6. pixelize
  7. pixelized
  8. pixelizes
  9. pixelizing
  10. pixellate
  11. pixellated

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