Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - image
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n. & v. --n. 1 a representation of the external form of an object, e.g. a statue (esp. of a saint etc. as an object of veneration). 2 the character or reputation of a person or thing as generally perceived. 3 an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light or other radiation from an object reflected in a mirror, refracted through a lens, etc. 4 semblance, likeness (God created man in His own image). 5 a person or thing that closely resembles another (is the image of his father). 6 a typical example. 7 a simile or metaphor. 8 a a mental representation. b an idea or conception. 9 Math. a set formed by mapping from another set. --v.tr. 1 make an image of; portray. 2 reflect, mirror. 3 describe or imagine vividly. 4 typify. Derivatives imageable adj. imageless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L imago -ginis, rel. to IMITATE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, short for ~ne, from Latin imagin-, imago; perhaps akin to Latin imitari to imitate Date: 13th century a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing, 2. the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device, a visual representation of something: as, a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material, a picture produced on an electronic display (as a television or computer screen), 3. exact likeness ; semblance , a person strikingly like another person , 4. a tangible or visible representation ; incarnation , an illusory form ; apparition, 5. a. a mental picture or impression of something , a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation , idea, concept, a vivid or graphic representation or description, figure of speech, a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media , a set of values given by a mathematical function (as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain, II. transitive verb (~d; imaging) Date: 14th century to call up a mental picture of ; imagine, to describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner, 3. to create a representation of, to represent symbolically, 4. reflect, mirror, to make appear ; project, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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