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why call the subtended angle a "pixel", instead of something else (e.g. "subangle")?

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37. why call the subtended angle a "pixel", instead of something else (e.g. "subangle")?

In most cases, a CSS pixel will be equal to a device pixel. But, as you point out, the definition of a CSS pixel will sometimes be different. For example, on a laser printer, one CSS pixel can be equal to 3x3 device pixels to avoid printing illegibly small text and images. I don't recall anyone ever proposing another name for it. Subangle? Personally, I think most people would prefer the pragmatic "px" to the non-intuitive "sa".

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