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Pixie (other)
A pixie is a small humanoid creature in British folklore. Pixie, pixies, or pixy may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Books * ''Pixy'', a graphic novel by the Swedish cartoonist Max Andersson * Pixie (comics), several comic book characters Film and television * ''Pixies'' (film), a 2015 animated film * ''Pixie'' (film), a 2020 Irish comedy thriller film * Pixie, one of the main characters of the animated television series '' Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' * The Pixies (''The Fairly OddParents''), a large group of fairy-like entities in the animated television series ''The Fairly OddParents'' * "Pixies", an episode of the television series '' Mona the Vampire'' Music * Pixies (band), American alternative rock band (1986–1993, 2004–present) ** ''Pixies'' (EP) * Pixy (group), South Korean girl group formed in 2021. Computing and technology * Pixie (CMS), content management system * Pixie, a magnifying glass application included in Apple Developer Tools * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie
A pixie (also pisky, pixy, pixi, pizkie, and piskie in Cornwall and Devon, and pigsie or puggsy in the New Forest) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are considered to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland areas around Devon and Cornwall, and in the New Forest area of Dorset and Hampshire. Akin to Anglo-Saxon elves and the Irish and Scottish Aos Sí (also spelt Aos Sidhe), pixies are believed to inhabit ancient underground ancestor sites such as stone circles, barrows, dolmens, ringforts or menhirs. In traditional regional lore, pixies are generally mischievous, short of stature and childlike; they are fond of dancing and gather outdoors in huge numbers to dance, or sometimes wrestle, through the night. Though in the modern era they are often depicted with pointed ears, a green outfit and a peaked hat, traditionally they are described as round eared, and sometimes as wearing dirty ragged bundles of rags which they happily discard for gifts of new c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Pixi
The Palm Pixi and Pixi Plus are multimedia smartphones, developed by Palm, which was purchased in 2010 by HP. The device is viewed as a successor to the Palm Centro smartphone and was Palm's second webOS device, after the Palm Pre. The phones were considered the smallest "smartphone" on the market and are able to browse the internet, and access Facebook and other social media sites, as well as online banking. The original Pixi was announced on September 8, 2009, on Palm's official blog and was released on November 15, 2009, on the Sprint carrier network in the U.S. The Pixi Plus was announced at CES in 2010. The Plus versions include WiFi and the ability to act as a 3G Mobile hotspot (sometimes known as MiFi). The phone was released January 7, 2010, for the Verizon Wireless carrier network, and subsequently for AT&T Mobility, and was released on May 28, 2010, for O2 in the United Kingdom. Specifications The Pixi has both touchscreen capability and a QWERTY keyboard with sof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PXE (other)
PXE may refer to: * Preboot Execution Environment, booting computers via a network * Proof and Experimental Establishment, an Indian defense laboratory * Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, a genetic disease * Pentium Extreme Edition, a variant of Pentium D microprocessor See also * Pex (other) {{disambig it:PXE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device. In most digital display devices, pixels are the smallest element that can be manipulated through software. Each pixel is a sample of an original image; more samples typically provide more accurate representations of the original. The intensity of each pixel is variable. In color imaging systems, a color is typically represented by three or four component intensities such as red, green, and blue, or cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. In some contexts (such as descriptions of camera sensors), ''pixel'' refers to a single scalar element of a multi-component representation (called a ''photosite'' in the camera sensor context, although ''sensel'' is sometimes used), while in yet other contexts (like MRI) it may refer to a set of component intensities for a spatial position. Etymology The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie Mandarin
Pixie mandarin, also called Pixie tangerine (''Citrus reticulata'' Blanco), is a variety of mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ... that is late ripening and seedless. Development Pixie was developed by Howard Brett Frost at the University of California, Riverside Citrus Research Center in 1927, and was eventually released at 1965 by his colleagues James W. Cameron and Robert K. Soost. Frost was trying to cross two mandarin varieties, King and Dancy, to combine the late ripening of the King tangor with the richness in flavor of Dancy. The result was Kincy, which was large and seedy. Pixie is the second generation progeny of an open pollinated seedling of Kincy; the male parent is uncertain. Thus, the Pixie is either an F2 hybrid resulting from the Kincy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanis
''Melanis'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm. Species *''Melanis aegates'' (Hewitson, 1874) **''M. a. aegates'' present in Bolivia **''M. a. albugo'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay **''M. a. araguaya'' (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil **''M. a. cretiplaga'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and Argentina **''M. a. lilybaeus'' (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil **''M. a. limbata'' (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil **''M. a. melliplaga'' (Stichel, 1910) present in French Guiana and Suriname *''Melanis alena'' (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil *''Melanis boyi'' (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil *''Melanis cephise'' (Ménétriés, 1855) **''M. c. cephise'' present in Nicaragua and Mexico **''M. c. acroleuca'' (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico **''M. c. huasteca'' J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico *''Melanis cercopes'' (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia *''Melanis cinaron'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in Colombia, Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie Cut
A pixie cut is a short hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It is a variant of a crop. The name is derived from the mythological pixie. History Pixie cuts were popularized first in the 1950s when Audrey Hepburn wore the style in her debut film ''Roman Holiday'', and later in the 1960s by actress Mia Farrow (notably in Roman Polanski’s ''Rosemary's Baby''), British supermodel Twiggy, and then even later by ''Laugh-In'' star Goldie Hawn. Jean Seberg also sported a pixie cut for Otto Preminger's '' Bonjour Tristesse'' and Jean-Luc Godard’s ''Breathless''. The crop became fashionable again in the late 1970s and 1980s, with one of its most notable wearers being the actress Jacqueline Pearce in the British TV series ''Blake's 7''. The crop also was big in the mid 1990s, and Halle Berry appeared in the 2002 James Bond film ''Die Another Day'' wearing a crop. Pixies are very easy to maintain and can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper-atmospheric Lightning
Upper-atmospheric lightning and ionospheric lightning are terms sometimes used by researchers to refer to a family of short-lived electrical-breakdown phenomena that occur well above the altitudes of normal lightning and storm clouds. Upper-atmospheric lightning is believed to be electrically induced forms of luminous plasma. The preferred usage is transient luminous event (TLE), because the various types of electrical-discharge phenomena in the upper atmosphere lack several characteristics of the more familiar tropospheric lightning. Transient luminous events have also been observed in far-ultraviolet images of Jupiter's upper atmosphere, high above the altitude of lightning-producing water clouds. Characteristics There are several types of TLEs, the most common being sprites. Sprites are flashes of bright red light that occur above storm systems. C-sprites (short for “columniform sprites”) is the name given to vertical columns of red light. C-sprites exhibiting tendrils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie (name)
Pixie is a feminine given name of English origin. Notable people with the name include: * Pixie Davies (born 2006), English actress * Pixie Fletcher (1930/1931–1961), New Zealand hurdler * Pixie Geldof (born 1990), English model and singer * Pixie Jenkins (born 1957), Australian musician * Pixie Lott (born 1991), English singer-songwriter * Pixie McKenna (born 1971), Irish physician and TV presenter * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Australian artist * Pixie Smith or Pamela Colman Smith (1878–1951), English artist and illustrator * Pixie Williams Pikiteora Maude Emily Gertrude Edith "Pixie" Williams (married name Costello; 12 July 1928 – 2 August 2013) was a New Zealand singer best known for the song "Blue Smoke", recorded in 1949. In 2019, she was inducted into the New Zealand Music ... (1928–2013), New Zealand singer {{DEFAULTSORT:Pixie English feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixy Stix
Pixy Stix are a sweet and sour colored powdered candy usually packaged in a wrapper that resembles a drinking straw. The candy is usually poured into the mouth from the wrapper, which is made out of plastic or paper. Pixy Stix contain dextrose, citric acid, and artificial and natural flavors. History Pixy Stix were invented by Frutoli Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. The concept for this powdered candy originated in 1942 and was derived from a penny drink mix sold as Fruzola Jr. by the Fruzola Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. When J. Fish Smith found that children were eating the sweet and sour powder straight from the package, he modified the formula and branded it as Lik-M-Aid. An affiliated company, Fruzola Company of St. Louis, which later became Sunline, Inc., was founded in 1952 by Menlo F. Smith to manufacture and market Lik-M-Aid nationwide. In 1959, the product was packaged in color-striped straws and introduced as Pixy Stix. Several years later, Lik-M-Aid was modifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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