image
/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒ/
Dictionary
noun
- An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
"The Bible forbids the worship of graven images."
- 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.
- Something mapped to by a function.
"The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x."
- The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
- A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
- Show; appearance; cast.
verb
- 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.
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