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image.

A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ//ˈɪm.əd͡ʒ//ˈɘm.ɘd͡ʒ/New-Zealand/ɪ.meːd͡ʒ/India
  1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

    The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
  2. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.

  3. A mental picture of something not real or not present.

  4. A statue or idol.

  5. A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

    Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.
  6. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.

  7. The value a function maps some argument to.

    The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.
  8. The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.

    The image of this step function is the set of integers.
  9. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.

  10. Show; appearance; cast.

    obsolete
  11. The collection of focus points of light rays coming from a given object.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

verb/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ//ˈɪm.əd͡ʒ//ˈɘm.ɘd͡ʒ/New-Zealand/ɪ.meːd͡ʒ/India
  1. To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

    transitive
  2. To reflect, mirror.

    transitive
  3. To create an image of.

    transitive
  4. To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

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