pixelation

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

Noun

  1. A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished.
  2. The deliberate obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur.

Origin

Etymology tree English pixel Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English pixelation From pixel + -ation.

Forms

pixelations pixellation

Related

pixelisation

Derived

pixelation ratio