Preimage vs. Image

By Jaxson

  • 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
  • Preimage (noun)

    For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ−1(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}.

    “The preimage of {4, 9} under the function f : Rrightarrow R:f(x)=x^2 is the set {-3,-2,+2,+3}.”

  • 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)

    The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

    “The image of this step function is the set of integers.”

  • 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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