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).
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.
Picture (noun)
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
Picture (noun)
A painting.
“There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.”
Picture (noun)
A photograph.
“I took a picture of the church.”
Picture (noun)
A motion picture.
“Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.”
Picture (noun)
Cinema as a form of entertainment.
“Let’s go to the pictures.”
Picture (noun)
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
“She’s the very picture of health.”
Picture (noun)
An attractive sight.
“The garden is a real picture at this time of year.”
Picture (noun)
The art of painting; representation by painting.
Picture (noun)
A figure; a model.
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.””
Picture (verb)
To represent in or with a picture.
Picture (verb)
To imagine or envision.
Picture (verb)
To depict.
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.
Figure (verb)
To embellish.