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pixel (pik′səl)

noun

the basic unit or picture element that makes up the image displayed on a video screen

Etymology: pix + el(ement)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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