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nounpictel (plural pictels)
plural pictels
- datedcomputer graphicsA pixel.
By the time the scan is completed, the ACTA numbers of all the pictels have been computed and are stored in the computer's memory.
1975, Biosciences Communications, page 2841 more example
Pseudo-color computer graphics displays identify the color of each pictel by a three-dimensional vector whose nonnegative elements specify the relative intensities of the three primary colors[…]
1978, Derek Allan Holton, Jennifer Seberry, Combinatorial mathematics: proceedings
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pictel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictel
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“pictel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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