See pixel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1965 April, Fred C. Billingsley, “Digital Video Processing at JPL”, in Eugene B. Turner, editor, Electronic Imaging Techniques I, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3, Los Angeles:",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "pixeled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "pixeled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "pixelled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "pixelled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past2": "pixelled",
"pres_ptc2": "pixelling"
},
"expansion": "pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or pixelled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices, page 110:",
"text": "Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɪksəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɪksɛl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pixel.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pixel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pixel.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪksəl"
}
],
"word": "pixel"
}
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