- The definition of an image is a representation of something or someone or a photograph or an idea you're picturing in your head or the way you or others think of you.
- An example of an image is a painting of your father.
- An example of image is a picture taken with a camera and developed.
- An example of an image is when you picture your kids laughing together.
- An example of an image is when you or others think you are stern.
- To image is defined as to make a picture or representation of something.
An example of image is a CT scan.
An artist creates an image - perhaps of his father.
image definition by Webster's New World
noun
- an imitation or representation of a person or thing, drawn, painted, photographed, etc.; esp., a statue
- a sculptured figure used as an idol
- the visual impression of something produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction through a lens, etc.
- a person or thing very much like another; copy; counterpart; likeness
- a mental picture of something; conception; idea; impression
- ☆ the concept of a person, product, institution, etc. held by the general public, often one deliberately created or modified by publicity, advertising, propaganda, etc.
- a type; typical example; symbol; embodiment: the very image of laziness
- a vivid representation; graphic description: a drama that is the image of life
- a figure of speech; esp., a metaphor or simile
- Psychoanalysis a picture or likeness of a person, as of a parent, usually idealized, constructed in the unconscious and remaining there; imago
Origin: Old French ; from imagene ; from Classical Latin imaginem, accusative of imago, imitation, copy, image, akin to aemulus: see emulate
Related Forms:
- imager noun
image definition by American Heritage Dictionary
noun
- A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a sculptured likeness.
- Physics An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
- One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle.
- a. The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.b. The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media.
- A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health.
- A mental picture of something not real or present.
- a. A vivid description or representation.b. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.c. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
- Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
- Computer Science An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.
- Obsolete An apparition.
- To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze.
- To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water.
- To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
- To picture mentally; imagine.
- To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of.
- Computer Science a. To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.b. To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device: imaged the hard drive to the server.
- To render visually, as by magnetic resonance imaging.
Origin: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imāgō; see aim- in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- imˈage·less adjective
- imˈag·er noun
image - Computer Definition
A still photograph or other still visual representation of a person, place, or thing.Video comprises a series of still images presented in rapid succession.
image - Medical Definition
noun
- An optically formed duplicate or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.
- A mental picture of something not real or present.
- An exact copy of data in a computer file transferred to another medium.
- To make or produce a likeness of.
- To picture something mentally; imagine.
- To translate photographs or other pictures by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer.
- To visualize something, as by magnetic resonance imaging.
image - Phrases/Idioms
see spitting image.
