pixelatedadj.
/ˈpɪksᵻleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɪksəˌleɪdᵻd/ Of an image: captured, reproduced, or displayed as pixels, usually with a grainy or low-resolution result; spec. (of parts of a televisual or photographic image) deliberately blurred in this way, for purposes of censorship or to maintain the anonymity of the subject.
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1982 Internat. Conf. Electronic Image Processing 105/1 Detection of simple abnormalities in images displayed on a 64 x 64 matrix and viewed from 8m was often better than, and always as good as results from more finely pixellated images viewed from shorter distances.
1991 Re: Cream Lemon in Eng. in rec.arts.anime (Usenet newsgroup) 20 July Of course, the real question is whether they still have the pixellated ‘fogging’ of all the ‘good stuff’.
1998 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ii. 1/5 Those naked, only slightly pixelated strippers.
2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) xxx. 165 At the top was a pixelated mugshot of Raf, still wearing dreadlocks and beard.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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