pel
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- noun
- /pɛl/
- Archaic
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pel
- The example printhead exposes one pel every 27 ns; this is called the pel time.
- pel exposure
- pel basis
- OSHA PEL
Examples
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With a suitable driver, beam-power modulation can be accomplished on a pel-by-pel basis.
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Drivers used are high-speed devices capable of modulating laser power on a pel-by-pel basis.
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The value of the pel determines which subinterval becomes the new interval.
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However, the runs of individual white and black pels that make up the characters are not particularly on byte boundaries.
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The pel time for the high-speed printer example of Figure 3 is 27 ns.
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The current paper presents a detailed image-writing model that includes partial pel exposures.
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Bilevel image compression techniques that consider surrounding pels in both the horizontal and vertical directions usually achieve significantly better compression.
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Adaptive binary arithmetic coding uses information about the surrounding pels, the context, to modify the probability estimate.
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The printhead scans a modulated laser beam across the photoconductor drum, writing a raster image on a pel-by-pel basis.
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Each pel on the screen represents a tiny dot of color that contributes to the overall image.
Synonyms
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A tiny square on a screen that shows one color
The smallest colored dot that makes a digital image on a screen
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pel comes from the two words picture and element, literally a 'picture element' which means a 'tiny dot' that forms a screen image. It is the same idea as pixel, so thinking of a pel as one small colored dot helps you remember its modern meaning.