Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the units that make up a pixel. Each pixel usually has one red, one blue, and one green subpixel.
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- noun A subdivision of a
pixel , typically used to show the amounts of red, green or blue at a location
Etymologies
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Examples
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That same year, Samsung acquired the intellectual property assets of U.S.-based Clairvoyante Inc., an IP licensing company responsible for the development of subpixel rendering display technology.
Samsung Buys U.S. Health-Care Equipment Maker Jung-Ah Lee 2011
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That same year, Samsung acquired the intellectual property assets of U.S.-based Clairvoyante Inc., an IP licensing company responsible for the development of subpixel rendering display technology.
Samsung Electronics Buys Dutch Display Company Jung-Ah Lee 2011
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Check out the First handmade subpixel type family, ever.
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Comment number 42 about subpixel smoothing was excellent.
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Under Rendering, select “subpixel smoothing LCDs.”
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Yeah, I would say the problem with TTF fonts is subpixel rendering and font smoothing are turned off by default because of patent issues, one method is patented by Microsoft, the other by Apple.
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Dear Ian, your smaller version than the elephant above seems to be subpixel in size.
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Imagu analyzes images at the subpixel level, making it more precise than standard object recognition software.
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Imagu analyzes images at the subpixel level, making it more precise than standard object recognition software.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Caroline Winter 2011
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Imagu analyzes images at the subpixel level, making it more precise than standard object recognition software.
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