image.
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
Meaning & usage
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
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.
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
A statue or idol.
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.
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
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.
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.
A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
Show; appearance; cast.
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.
To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
To reflect, mirror.
To create an image of.
To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
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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