PICTURE ELEMENT
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)
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)
