Figure vs. Image

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  • Image

    An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object—and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).

Wikipedia
  • Figure (noun)

    A drawing or diagram conveying information.

  • Figure (noun)

    The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.

    “a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble”

  • Figure (noun)

    A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.

  • Figure (noun)

    The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.

    “He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.”

  • Figure (noun)

    Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.

  • Figure (noun)

    A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

  • Figure (noun)

    A numeral.

  • Figure (noun)

    A number.

  • Figure (noun)

    A shape.

  • Figure (noun)

    A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.

    “The muslin was of a pretty figure.”

  • Figure (noun)

    A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.

  • Figure (noun)

    A figure of speech.

  • Figure (noun)

    The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

  • Figure (noun)

    A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

  • Figure (noun)

    Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

  • Figure (noun)

    A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.

  • Figure (verb)

    To solve a mathematical problem.

  • Figure (verb)

    To come to understand.

    “I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.”

  • Figure (verb)

    To be reasonable.

    “It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.”

  • Figure (verb)

    To enter, be a part of.

  • Figure (verb)

    To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

  • Figure (verb)

    To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

  • Figure (verb)

    To indicate by numerals.

  • Figure (verb)

    To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

  • Figure (verb)

    To prefigure; to foreshow.

  • Figure (verb)

    To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

  • Image (noun)

    An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

    “The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.”

  • Image (noun)

    A mental picture of something not real or not present.

  • Image (noun)

    A statue or idol.

  • Image (noun)

    A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image, executable image and image copy.)

    “Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.”

  • Image (noun)

    A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

  • Image (noun)

    Something mapped to by a function.

    “The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2*x.”

  • Image (noun)

    Show; appearance; cast.

  • Image (verb)

    To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

  • Image (verb)

    To mirror.

  • Image (verb)

    To create an image of.

  • Image (verb)

    To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Wiktionary
  • Image (noun)

    a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art

    “her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art”

  • Image (noun)

    a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other device, or displayed on a computer or video screen

    “Voyager 2 sent back images of the planet Neptune”

  • Image (noun)

    an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens.

  • Image (noun)

    a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set.

  • Image (noun)

    an exact copy of a computer’s hard disk, made for backing up data or setting up new machines.

  • Image (noun)

    a mental representation or idea

    “I had a sudden image of Sal bringing me breakfast in bed”

  • Image (noun)

    a person or thing that closely resembles another

    “he’s the image of his father”

  • Image (noun)

    semblance or likeness

    “made in the image of God”

  • Image (noun)

    (in biblical use) an idol.

  • Image (noun)

    the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public

    “she strives to project an image of youth”

  • Image (noun)

    a simile or metaphor

    “he uses the image of a hole to describe emotional emptiness”

  • Image (verb)

    make a representation of the external form of

    “artworks which imaged women’s bodies”

  • Image (verb)

    make a visual representation of (something) by scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam.

  • Image (verb)

    make an exact copy of (a computer’s hard disk)

    “the hard disk drive should be imaged using a specialized bitstream backup product”

  • Image (verb)

    form a mental picture or idea of

    “it is possible for us to image a society in which no one committed crime”

Oxford Dictionary

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