
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).
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.
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”