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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation dots per inch

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  • initialism dots per inch

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Examples

  • The designer used this notion and created these lamps, which are also measured in pixels, depending on how many “dots” they have “represented” on them. 300 dpi is the highest for the porcelain lamps and the collection also includes lamps with 74 and 144 dots.

    Pixels™ : Add Image Quality to Your Interior 2010

  • A full size illustration, saved at 100 dpi, is linked to the main entry in the list of illustrations, and also can be selected for viewing from a [Full Image] link in the text of the chapter.

    Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun 1903

  • A smaller illustration, at 25 dpi, is linked to the page number in the list of illustrations, and inlined in the text of the chapter.

    Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun 1903

  • The new ink ejection nozzles has a density of 360 dpi, which is double that of the company's existing product.

    March 2007 - Fareastgizmos.com 2007

  • When an app license is printed, the "output is only 72 dpi, which is in fact the same resolution as the $10,000 Mitt Romney Bill released ... by the Democratic National Committee," DriversEd.com said.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • To get DPI from image objects: call the dpi () method which is provided by both WT_Image class and WT_PNG_Group4_Image class.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2010

  • To get DPI from image objects: call the dpi () method which is provided by both WT_Image class and WT_PNG_Group4_Image class.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2010

  • You also could reduce the resolution to 72 dpi, which is the maximum screen resolution of PC monitors, so anything higher than that is wasted.

    Boston.com Most Popular 2009

  • It has 64 gigs of internal memory, microSD card compatibility, and can scan to 600 dpi, which is no mean feat for a pen-sized scanner.

    GadgetReview 2009

  • Jobs said that it displays 326 dots per inch which, he says, is higher than the 300 dpi which is the densist people can perceive at smart phone distances.

    Larry Magid: iPhone 4 is a Stand-Up Triple (Video) 2010

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