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pixelate
[ pik-suh-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image:
When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- to blur (parts of a digital image) by creating unclear, pixel-like patches, for purposes of censorship or to maintain the anonymity of the subject:
Police have asked the media to pixelate the faces of the men who were taken into custody.
verb (used without object)
- (of a computer graphic or other digital image) to break up into visible pixels:
We tried to watch the old, scratched DVD, but the image pixelated before our eyes.
pixelate
/ ˈɪɪˌɪ /
verb
- to blur (a video image) by overlaying it with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person
Derived Forms
- ˌ辱ˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- 辱e·tDz 辱····پDz [pik-s, uh, -l, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n], especially British, 辱e·tDz noun
Example Sentences
In 1998, British producers Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling pioneered its modern usage by making Cher’s velvety contralto pixelate and reconstitute over and over, measure by measure, making history.
Not until the crowd at Camden Yards stood and cheered him, until he paused and turned to watch them do it, did glimpses of a better future start to pixelate the present.
Because the resolution on your spouse becomes clearer and clearer by the year, you must find compensatory ways to blur and pixelate them back into a soft, muted, faintly fantastical fog.
Toward the bottom, the stripes started to pixelate.
The version of Garamond most-often used on computers was created in the 1920s and can pixelate badly when zoomed in or out.
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