pixel-perfect

adjective

Involving precision at the pixel level.

Meanings

adjectivepixel-perfect (comparative more pixel-perfect, superlative most pixel-perfect)

comparative more pixel-perfect · superlative most pixel-perfect

  1. artsInvolving precision at the pixel level.

    Manual pixel-perfect collision-detection routines can be difficult to create and processor-intensive to run.

    2003, Colin Moock, ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide
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    It was the first (and, indeed, practically the only one to this day) to have an animated loading screen, the first to have pixel-perfect collision detection […]

    1991, Stuart Campbell, “The YS Official Top 100 Part 1”, in Your Sinclair
  2. artsHaving precise dimension ratios in all aspects on well-defined drawing glyphs.
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