"pixelize" meaning in English

See pixelize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pixelizes [present, singular, third-person], pixelizing [participle, present], pixelized [participle, past], pixelized [past]
Etymology: From pixel + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pixel|ize}} pixel + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} pixelize (third-person singular simple present pixelizes, present participle pixelizing, simple past and past participle pixelized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, computer graphics) To pixelate; to convert into pixels. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computer graphics Derived forms: pixelization Translations (Translations): pixelar (Catalan), pixelar (Galician), pixelizar (Portuguese), pixelar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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