and just to round it off:
Main Entry: 1im.age
Pronunciation: 'i-mij
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, short for imagene, from Latin
imagin-, imago; perhaps akin to Latin imitari to imitate
Date: 13th century
1 : a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; especially
: an imitation in solid form : STATUE
2 a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as
a lens or mirror) or an electronic device b : a likeness of an object
produced on a photographic material
3 a : exact likeness : SEMBLANCE <God created man in his own image -- Gen
1:27 (Revised Standard Version)> b : a person strikingly like another person
<she is the image of her mother>
4 a : a tangible or visible representation : INCARNATION <the image of
filial devotion> b archaic : an illusory form : APPARITION
5 a (1) : a mental picture of something not actually present : IMPRESSION
(2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic
of a basic attitude and orientation <a disorderly courtroom can seriously
tarnish a community's image of justice -- Herbert Brownell> b : IDEA,
CONCEPT
6 : a vivid or graphic representation or description
7 : FIGURE OF SPEECH
8 : 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>
9 : a set of values given by a mathematical function (as a homomorphism)
that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain
Regards,
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