# Is it really moving one/tenth of pixel?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-really-moving-one-tenth-of-pixel/318607>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 25, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-really-moving-one-tenth-of-pixel/318607 "2011-01-25T07:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![truespace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@truespace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/truespace)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-really-moving-one-tenth-of-pixel/318607/1 "2011-01-25T07:03:14Z")

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I don’t understand how it is possible to move something a tenth of a pixel when a pixel is the smallest addressable screen element. What does Flash mean by a tenth of a pixel? More like picas?