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Where does “voxel” come from?

voxel (English) comes from English volumetric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

voxel (English): the three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a...

Definitions

  1. the three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a...

Ancestry of “voxel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvolumetricPertaining to measurement by volume
2English-metricForming adjectives corresponding to nouns in...
3French-métrique-metric
4Latinmetricusmetrical; metric, metrical; metric
5Latinmetruma measure
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “voxel”

  • intravoxel
  • voxelwise
  • subvoxel
  • voxelization
  • multivoxel
  • intervoxel
  • voxelscape
  • voxelate
  • supervoxel
  • voxelize
  • hypervoxel
  • teravoxel
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