How to Use pixel in a Sentence

pixel

noun
  • The whole process works by making minute changes to pixels in the artwork.
    Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The latter has more pixels, but your eyes won’t pick them up.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Add in a dash of square video-game-like pixel details in the taillights, and that’s the Ioniq 6.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 9 Aug. 2023
  • On paper or pixel, that may sound more like fun than a big deal.
    David Dickstein, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no hint of pixel structure, no sign of a jagged edge, and no softness.
    John Archer, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • LCDs can let through or block light on a per-pixel basis.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 18 July 2021
  • The neighboring pixel did too, but its wave was a little out of step with the first one.
    Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
  • In one case, the display pixels just started dying along the crease in the display.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Each pixel on the map represents a square on Earth that’s 10 meters on a side.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 21 July 2023
  • This gallery demonstrates why the pixel-perfect options are the best ones here.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Keep your pixels in place and your humanity in the mix!
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
  • The nine-pixel group pools the light, which Samsung says results in sharp low-light 12MP pictures.
    Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The higher the number of pixels, the sharper and more detailed the images and text displayed.
    Stewart Wolpin, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2023
  • The iPhone 14 Pro Max improves on this a bit with a larger and more pixel-dense sensor, but it’s not enough.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The headlights and taillights are swapped out for thin LED strips, and four square pixel fog lights are mounted on the front bumper.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Pixel 7a On the surface, the 7a looks similar to the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, with the same pixel camera bar along the back.
    Samantha Kelly, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • Look for the Seven concept's pixel lighting to find its way to the Ioniq 7.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 20 Nov. 2021
  • If the pixel isn’t displayed, the code probably won’t work.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Miao trained the deep-learning model to look for fences in each pixel using the on-the-ground data from Xu’s work in Wyoming.
    Bychristine Peterson, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
  • That said, the screen is not quite as nice as the one on the larger Fire HD 10, which boasts a higher pixel density.
    Wired, 5 July 2022
  • Oppo shrunk the size of each pixel but did not decrease the number of pixels per inch.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Those ten pixels show up in the Spider-Society jail as a sort of green man with one arm raised up.
    Dan Gvozden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
  • These panels use pixels that emit their own light, avoiding the need for a backlight.
    Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The difference between, say, a smile and a wince could be a matter of just a handful of pixels.
    Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • And all of it is delivered with a loudly bright pixel art style.
    Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Start with a field of random pixels—a rectangle of snow.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Changing a single pixel on an image can make an AI think a horse is a frog.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The action is messy and hard to follow, and a few shots seem stitched together with but a single pixel and a prayer.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Scientists will get their first view of the system—as a single pixel—about a month before the smashup in 2022.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • Reaching into the back of a closet, out came a gray knit dress with a black Atari Space Invader across the front, each stitch an eight-bit pixel.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024

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