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  • noun Plural form of gigapixel.

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Examples

  • Google says The paintings have been photographed in very high resolution and contain as many as 14,000 million pixels (14 gigapixels).

    January 2009 2009

  • As futile as it may be, even with gigapixels, seven story high screens and latest underwater housings

    Wallace J Nichols: Why Do We Love To Stare At the Sea? Wallace J Nichols 2011

  • Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is a telescope with effectively four 1.8-meter mirrors and four cameras, 1.4 gigapixels apiece, that will produce several terabytes a night.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is a telescope with effectively four 1.8-meter mirrors and four cameras, 1.4 gigapixels apiece, that will produce several terabytes a night.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is a telescope with effectively four 1.8-meter mirrors and four cameras, 1.4 gigapixels apiece, that will produce several terabytes a night.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is a telescope with effectively four 1.8-meter mirrors and four cameras, 1.4 gigapixels apiece, that will produce several terabytes a night.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • A Google spokesman said: The paintings have been photographed in very high resolution and contain as many as 14,000 million pixels 14 gigapixels.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Its digital camera will suck down 3.5 gigapixels of imagery every 17 seconds.

    Watching the Skies: Space Is Really Big By Michael D. Lemonick 2008

  • Its digital camera will suck down 3.5 gigapixels of imagery every 17 seconds.

    Watching the Skies: Space Is Really Big — But Not Too Big to Map Michael D. Lemonick 2008

  • Yesterday and today, Mr. Ross is talking gigapixels, art and the essence of visual comprehension with a dozen scientists, at a meeting at New York University.

    Boing Boing: December 5, 2004 - December 11, 2004 Archives 2004

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