"voxel" meaning in English

See voxel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-uk-voxel.ogg Forms: voxels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒksəl Etymology: Blend of volumetric + pixel. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|volumetric|pixel}} Blend of volumetric + pixel Head templates: {{en-noun}} voxel (plural voxels)
  1. (computer graphics) The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data. Wikipedia link: voxel Categories (topical): Computer graphics Derived forms: voxelscape Related terms: lignel, pixel, pointel, surfel, texel, triangle Translations (3D analogue of pixel): voxel [masculine] (Czech), vokseli (Finnish), воксель (vokselʹ) (Russian), воксел (voksel) (Russian), voxel [common-gender] (Swedish)

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