image

English

/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
  • A mental picture of something not real or not present.
  • A statue or idol.
  • (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image (disk image) and image copy (image copy).)
  • A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.
  • (mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.
  • (mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
  • (radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
  • (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ymage derived from Old French image derived from Latin imāgō (a copy, image, likeness) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (imitate, likeness, similarity, resemblance, identical).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eym-

Gloss

imitate, likeness, similarity, resemblance, identical

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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