# image

Pronunciation: say "IM-ij" /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. A visual or other representation of the outward form of something, as in art or photography.
   - Simple: A picture or copy that shows how a person or thing looks.
   - _The artist painted a striking image of the old harbor._
   - _Photographers captured countless images of the eclipse._
2. The way a person, group, or company is perceived by others, including style and manner of dress.
   - Simple: The way a person or company looks to other people.
   - _The company spent millions polishing its public image._
   - _Politicians often worry about their images more than their policies._
3. A likeness of something imaginary or absent, called up in the mind's eye.
   - Simple: A picture in your mind of something that is not really there.
   - _She kept a clear image of the beach in her mind._
   - _Painful images of the accident haunted him for years._
5. A sculpted or carved figure, especially a statue or idol set up as an object of worship.
   - Simple: A statue, especially one people pray to or worship.
   - _Pilgrims bowed before the golden image in the temple._
   - _Ancient images of forgotten gods lined the stone walls._
6. A file containing all the information needed to produce a complete working copy of a system or disk.
   - Simple: A single file that holds everything needed to make a working copy of a system.
   - _The technician deployed a single image to every workstation in the lab._
   - _Corrupted images failed to mount during the recovery process._
9. The value, or set of values, that a function produces from a given input, a set of inputs, or its whole domain.
   - Simple: The value or values a function gives for one input, a group of inputs, or all of its inputs.
   - _For the squaring function, the image of −4 is 16._
   - _Different inputs can share the same image under this function._

## Verb

4. To create a visual representation of something.
   - Simple: To make a picture or copy of something.
   - _The new scanner can image the whole document in seconds._
   - _Doctors imaged the patient's brain to find the problem._
7. To represent or portray something by means of an image or symbol.
   - Simple: To show or stand for something using a picture or symbol.
   - _Writers image the soul as a caged bird to convey longing._
   - _The mural imaged the city's struggle in vivid color._
8. To make a full backup copy of an entire file system, disk, or similar unit of data.
   - Simple: To make a full backup copy of a computer's files.
   - _Administrators image each server before applying major updates._
   - _She imaged the failing disk to recover the data later._

## Noun

10. Outward show, appearance, or aspect. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The outward look or appearance of something.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To reflect or mirror something.
- (noun) A form of interference consisting of a weaker copy of a strong signal that appears at a different frequency.

## Origin

Latin imāgō ("a copy, likeness, image") came from a Proto-Indo-European root that also produced Latin imitari ("to copy, imitate"). Old French had image from the Latin, and Middle English borrowed it as ymage. Imago is a doublet.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/image (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).