Transform vs Pixelate - What's the difference?
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To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
To divide an image into pixels, or to display an image in pixels
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To transform an image into large pixels in order to hide an identity
As verbs the difference between transform and pixelate
is that transform is to change greatly the appearance or form of while pixelate is to divide an image into pixels, or to display an image in pixels.As a noun transform
is (mathematics) the result of a transformation.transform
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Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Synonyms
* (change greatly the appearance or form of) alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify * (sense) alter, change * (undergo a transformation) alter, changeDerived terms
* Fourier transformpixelate
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Alternative forms
* pixellateVerb
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