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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).
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Figure (noun)
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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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”
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Figure (noun)
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
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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.”
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Figure (noun)
Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
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Figure (noun)
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
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Figure (noun)
A numeral.
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Figure (noun)
A number.
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Figure (noun)
A shape.
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Figure (noun)
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
“The muslin was of a pretty figure.”
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Figure (noun)
A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
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Figure (noun)
A figure of speech.
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Figure (noun)
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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Figure (noun)
A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
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Figure (noun)
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
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Figure (noun)
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
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Figure (verb)
To solve a mathematical problem.
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Figure (verb)
To come to understand.
“I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.”
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Figure (verb)
To be reasonable.
“It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.”
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Figure (verb)
To enter, be a part of.
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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.
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Figure (verb)
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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Figure (verb)
To indicate by numerals.
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Figure (verb)
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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Figure (verb)
To prefigure; to foreshow.
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Figure (verb)
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
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Image (noun)
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
“The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.”
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Image (noun)
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
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Image (noun)
A statue or idol.
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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Image (noun)
Show; appearance; cast.
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Image (verb)
To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
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Image (verb)
To mirror.
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Image (verb)
To create an image of.
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Image (verb)
To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
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Image (noun)
a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art
“her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art”
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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”
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Image (noun)
an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens.
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Image (noun)
a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set.
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Image (noun)
an exact copy of a computer’s hard disk, made for backing up data or setting up new machines.
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Image (noun)
a mental representation or idea
“I had a sudden image of Sal bringing me breakfast in bed”
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Image (noun)
a person or thing that closely resembles another
“he’s the image of his father”
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Image (noun)
semblance or likeness
“made in the image of God”
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Image (noun)
(in biblical use) an idol.
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Image (noun)
the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public
“she strives to project an image of youth”
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Image (noun)
a simile or metaphor
“he uses the image of a hole to describe emotional emptiness”
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Image (verb)
make a representation of the external form of
“artworks which imaged women’s bodies”
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Image (verb)
make a visual representation of (something) by scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam.
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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”
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Image (verb)
form a mental picture or idea of
“it is possible for us to image a society in which no one committed crime”