PICTURE ELEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picture element mean? 

• PICTURE ELEMENT (noun)
  The noun PICTURE ELEMENT has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

  Familiarity information: PICTURE ELEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICTURE ELEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pel; picture element; pixel

Context example:

the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution

Hypernyms ("picture element" is a kind of...):

component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Holonyms ("picture element" is a part of...):

raster (the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor)