pixellation

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A form of pixelation — A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished.

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Meanings

nounpixellation (countable and uncountable, plural pixellations)

plural pixellations

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of pixelation.

    As opposed to methods using pixellation of the sphere, we represent sky coverage in an exact geometric form allowing for precise area calculations.

    2016, László Dobos, Erika Varga-Verebélyi, Eva Verdugo, David Teyssier, Katrina Exter, Ivan Valtchanov, Tamás Budavári, Csaba Kiss, “The Footprint Database and Web Services of the Herschel Space Observatory”, in arXiv
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APA

pixellation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixellation

MLA

“pixellation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixellation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pixellation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixellation.

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