pixelization
nounEtymology From pixel + -ization.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The result of enlarging a digital image further than the resolution of the monitor device, usually 72 dpi (dots per inch), causing the individual pixels making up the image to become more prominent, thus causing a grainy appearance in the image.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The blurring of part of an image by setting groups of pixels that are close to each other to the same color.
- Derived terms
- superpixelization
- Related terms
- pixelation