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Picture
An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, for example, a photo or a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject—usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it. In context of image signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).
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Picture (noun)
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
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Picture (noun)
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
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Picture (noun)
A painting.
“There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.”
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Picture (noun)
A photograph.
“I took a picture of the church.”
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Picture (noun)
A motion picture.
“Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.”
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Picture (noun)
Cinema as a form of entertainment.
“Let’s go to the pictures.”
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Picture (noun)
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
“She’s the very picture of health.”
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Picture (noun)
An attractive sight.
“The garden is a real picture at this time of year.”
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Picture (noun)
The art of painting; representation by painting.
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Picture (noun)
A figure; a model.
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Picture (noun)
Situation.
“The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.”
“You can’t just look at the election, you’ve got to look at the big picture.””
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Picture (verb)
To represent in or with a picture.
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Picture (verb)
To imagine or envision.
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Picture (verb)
To depict.
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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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Figure (verb)
To embellish.