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image

Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/

The English word “image” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
  2. 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.)
  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.
  8. The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
  9. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
  10. Show; appearance; cast.
  11. The collection of focus points of light rays coming from a given object.

verb

  1. To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
  2. To reflect, mirror.
  3. To create an image of.
  4. To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Etymology

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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