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As nouns the difference between pix and pixel

is that pix is (informal) or pix can be a variant of pyx while pixel is (label).

pix

English

Etymology 1

First attested , along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage].

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (informal)
  • * 1946 , “Palisades Notes”, in , Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
    • Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
  • * 1978 , response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist , American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
    • Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
  • * 2010 , Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response , The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:
    • He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
  • *:*
  • *:* take pix of damage afterward
  • motion pictures; movies.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • A variant of pyx
    • English three-letter words ----

    pixel

    English

    (wikipedia pixel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

    • Synonyms

    * pel (rare)

    Derived terms

    * megapixel * peep pixels * pixelated, pixellated * pixelation * pixelization * pixel peeper * subpixel * voxel * texel

    See also

    * triangle ----