voxel

English

Etymology

Blend of volumetric +‎ pixel.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒksəl

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

voxel (plural voxels)

1. (computer graphics) The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.

Derived terms

• voxelscape

 

Translations

3D analogue of pixel

• Czech: voxel (cs) m
• Finnish: vokseli (fi)
• Russian: воксель (ru) (vokselʹ), воксел (ru) (voksel)
• Swedish: voxel c

See also

• lignel
• pixel
• pointel
• surfel
• texel
• triangle