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im·age
I. \ˈimij, -mēj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, short for imagene, from Latin imagin-, imago; akin to Latin imitari to imitate
1. : a reproduction of a person or thing: as
a. : statue
b.
(1) : device, emblem
(2) : a figure used as a talisman or amulet especially in conjurations (as by sorcerers in casting spells)
c.
(1) : picture, portrait
(2) : a sculptured or fabricated object of symbolic value : idol; specifically : a holy picture (as an ikon)
2. : a thing actually or seemingly reproducing another: as
a.
(1) : the optical counterpart of an object produced by a lens, mirror, or other optical system and being the geometric figure made up of the foci corresponding to the points of the object — see real image, virtual image
(2) : an analogous phenomenon in some field other than optics
< an acoustic image >
< an electric image >
b. : any likeness of an object produced on a photographic material
3. : exact likeness : semblance
4.
a. : a tangible or visible representation : incarnation
< a civil servant who is the image of conscientiousness >
b. archaic : an illusory appearance : apparition
5.
a.
(1) : a mental picture : impression
< a soldier haunted by images of battle >
< images, as contrasted with sensations, are the responses during a narrative — Bertrand Russell >
(2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and being symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation toward something (as a person, class, racial type, political philosophy, or nationality)
< the Frenchman's image of America >
b. : the memory of a perception in psychology that is modified by subsequent experience and that contains both intellectual and emotional elements elicited by intrapsychic and extrapsychic stimuli; especially : the representation of a stimulus object on a receptor mechanism
c. : idea, concept
< conflicting images of good and evil >
6. : a markedly vivid, effective, or graphic representation or description
< the set for the play being the image of a New England village >
7.
a. : something concrete or abstract introduced (as in a poem or speech) to represent something else which it strikingly resembles or suggests (as the use of sleep for death) — compare emblem, symbol
b. : a figure of speech (as a metaphor or simile) : trope
8. : a person who is strikingly like another person in appearance, manner, or thought
< a son who is the image of his father >
II. \“, chiefly in pres part -məj\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to describe or portray in language especially in an effective or vivid manner
2. : to call up a mental picture of : imagine
< we no longer image the native landscape in the terms beloved of Rossetti and Tennyson — Vincent Buckley >
3.
a. : reflect, mirror
< a face imaged in a mirror >
b. : to make appear (as in desired form) : project
< film imaged on a screen >
4.
a. : to create a representation of : depict, portray
< a national hero imaged in bronze on a village green >
b.
(1) : to create or produce a suggestion of : adumbrate
< a symphony imaging the beauty of nature >
(2) : to represent symbolically : stand as a symbol of
< acres of headstones imaging the losses of war >
III. noun
1. : a set of values of a mathematical function (as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain
2. : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media
< promoting a corporate image of brotherly love and concern — R.C.Buck > |