pixelize
verbEtymology From pixel + -ize.
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Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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:
- Derived terms
- pixelization