pixelation

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

pixellation pixelization pixelisation macroblocking pixelling pixel art jaggies superpixel artifacting macroblock

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Word family

pixelate pixelated pixelates pixelating pixelations