imagenoun/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/

• 1

  A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

  • The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
  • The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
• 2

  A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

• 3

  A mental picture of something not real or not present.

  • Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
• 4

  A statue or idol.

• 5

  computingengineeringmathematicsA 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.
• 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

  mathematicssciencesThe value a function maps some argument to.

  • The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.
• 8

  mathematicssciencesThe subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.

  • The image of this step function is the set of integers.

imageverb/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/

• 1

  To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

  • 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume IV, Observations on the Fifteenth Book, Note 14 on verse 252, p. 215, This Representation of the Terrors which must have attended the Conflict of two such mighty Powers as Jupiter and Neptune, whereby the Elements had been mix’d in Confusion, and the whole Frame of Nature endangered, is imaged in these few Lines with a Nobleness suitable to the Occasion.
  • […] his behaviour was, as I had imaged to myself, solemnly devout.
• 2

  To reflect, mirror.

  • See’st thou yon river, whose translucent wave, Forth issuing from the darkness, windeth through The argent streets o’ th’ City, imaging The soft inversion of her tremulous Domes,
  • Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect happiness were born; imaged in her tranquil beauty and profound repose.
• 3

  To create an image of.

  • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
  • He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsTo create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.