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The first task of the public relations man, on taking over a business client, is to 're-engineer' his image to include something besides the production of goods—J. K. Galbraith, 1958

In contrast to the image of police work as exciting and dangerous..., patrolling was invariably boring and somewhat aimless—I. Marsh, 1992

Mounted police charges and mass arrests kept the demonstrators out of the embassy, but the image of the building was darkened for good—Guardian, 2002.

(1) A picture. A graphic. See graphics.

(2) To picture. To display.

(3) See system image.

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1. Visual counterpart or likeness of an object, a person, or a scene produced by an optical device such as a mirror or a camera.

2. Illusory conception created by advertising and projected by the media, that embodies emotions, perceptions, attitudes, and intellectual orientation group toward an entity.

noun

1. Something that is reflected: reflection. See show/hide.
2. Something closely resembling another: carbon copy, copy, duplicate, facsimile, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum. Archaic simulacre. Law counterpart. See same/different/compare.
3. One exactly resembling another: double, duplicate, picture, portrait, spitting image. Slang ringer. See same/different/compare.
4. The character projected or given by someone to the public: appearance, impression. See surface/depth.
5. That which exists in the mind as the product of careful mental activity: concept, conception, idea, notion, perception, thought. See thoughts.

verb

1. To present a lifelike image of: delineate, depict, describe, express, limn, picture, portray, render, represent, show. See show/hide.
2. To copy (another) slavishly: echo, imitate, mimic, mirror, parrot, reflect, repeat. See same/different/compare.
3. To send back or form an image of: mirror, reflect. See show/hide.
4. To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. Informal feature. See thoughts.

Definition: concept
Antonyms: concrete, entity

Any representation of form or features, but esp. one of the entire figure of a person; a statue, effigy, bust, relief, intaglio, etc.

image

Refers to the perception of a player that the other players around the table hold.

SoundPoker Says: The image a particular player has can influence the actions of other players. For example, if a player never shows their cards at the showdown unless they have to, they might develop an image of being a bluffer so other players might be more inclined to call their bets.

See Also: Bluff, Loose, Showdown, Tight

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• Aspects and Components of Appearance - image: impression given off by facial expressions, bearing, posture, deportment, gestures, and voice
• Optics - image: optical counterpart of object formed by lenses or mirrors
• Television Technology - image: picture on television screen
• Intuition and Imagination - image: mental representation of something not present

This article is about visual artifacts or reproductions. For other uses, see Image (disambiguation).

"Picture" redirects here. For other uses, see Picture (disambiguation).

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The top image is captured using photography. The bottom image is rendered. Images are produced by capturing or rendering.

Definition of image and imagery, from Thomas Blount's Glossographia Anglicana Nova, 1707.

An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject–usually a physical object or a person.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Moving image 3 See also 4 External links

Characteristics

Images may be two-dimensional, such as a photograph, screen display, and as well as a three-dimensional, such as a statue or hologram. They may be captured by optical devices–such as cameras, mirrors, lenses, telescopes, microscopes, etc. and natural objects and phenomena, such as the human eye or water surfaces.

The word image is also used in the broader sense of any two-dimensional figure such as a map, a graph, a pie chart, or an abstract painting. In this wider sense, images can also be rendered manually, such as by drawing, painting, carving, rendered automatically by printing or computer graphics technology, or developed by a combination of methods, especially in a pseudo-photograph.

A volatile image is one that exists only for a short period of time. This may be a reflection of an object by a mirror, a projection of a camera obscura, or a scene displayed on a cathode ray tube. A fixed image, also called a hard copy, is one that has been recorded on a material object, such as paper or textile by photography or digital processes.

A mental image exists in an individual's mind: something one remembers or imagines. The subject of an image need not be real; it may be an abstract concept, such as a graph, function, or "imaginary" entity. For example, Sigmund Freud claimed to have dreamed purely in aural-images of dialogs. The development of synthetic acoustic technologies and the creation of sound art have led to a consideration of the possibilities of a sound-image made up of irreducible phonic substance beyond linguistic or musicological analysis.

A still image is a single static image, as distinguished from a kinetic image (see below). This phrase is used in photography, visual media and the computer industry to emphasize that one is not talking about movies, or in very precise or pedantic technical writing such as a standard.

A film still is a photograph taken on the set of a movie or television program during production, used for promotional purposes.

Moving image

A moving image is typically a movie (film), or video, including digital video. It could also be an animated display such as a zoetrope.

See also

• Animation
• Cinematography
• Computer animation
• Computer-generated imagery
• Digital image
• Digital imaging
• Film
• Fine art photography
• Imagery
• Painting
• Photograph
• Photography
• Video

External links

Look up image in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paintings

• The B-Z Reaction: The Moving or the Still Image?
• FACE: Friends of Active Copyright Education
• Library of Congress - Format Descriptions for Still Images
• Image Processing - Online Open Research Group

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - image, billede, spejlbillede, statue
v. tr. - afbilde, afspejle, give beskrivelse af

idioms:

• be the image of    være (sin faders) udtrykte billede
• image intensifier    billedforstærker

Nederlands (Dutch)
beeld, imago, afbeelding, afbeelden

Français (French)
n. - image, idée, incarnation, image de marque, (TV, Phot, Cin) image, (Littérat) image, (Math) image
v. tr. - faire une ressemblance de, refléter, symboliser, visualiser, imaginer, décrire

idioms:

• be the image of    être l'image de
• image intensifier    (Tech) enrichissement d'images

Deutsch (German)
n. - Image, Bild, Ebenbild, Vorstellung
v. - abbilden, widerspiegeln

idioms:

• be the image of    das getreue Ebenbild sein von
• image intensifier    Bildverstärker

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εικόνα, απείκασμα, απεικόνιση, οπτικό είδωλο, ομοίωμα, αναπαράσταση, μεταφορά, σχήμα λόγου
v. - απεικονίζω, συμβολίζω

idioms:

• be the image of    είμαι ίδιος με, είναι φτυστός ο
• image intensifier    (φωτ.) ενδυναμωτής (ενισχυτής εικόνας)

Italiano (Italian)
immagine, idea, rappresentazione

idioms:

• be the image of    essere il ritratto di
• image intensifier    intensificatore di immagine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - imagem (f), idéia (f), símbolo (m), representação (f)
v. - representar, imaginar

idioms:

• be the image of    ser o retrato de
• image intensifier    intensificador de imagem

Русский (Russian)
изображение, образ, репутация

idioms:

• be the image of    быть точной копией
• image intensifier    усилитель яркости изображения

Español (Spanish)
n. - imagen, concepto, idea, retrato, fama, reputación, símbolo
v. tr. - figurar, retratar, reproducir, reflejar, describir, concebir

idioms:

• be the image of    ser el vivo retrato de
• image intensifier    intensificador de imagen

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bild, avbild, metafor, image, efterbild (psykol.), symbol
v. - avbilda, reflektera, framställa, symbolisera, representera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
像, 雕像, 肖像, 形象, 偶像, 印象, 作...的像, 想像, 反映

idioms:

• be the image of    活像..., 酷似...
• image intensifier    影像增强器

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 像, 雕像, 肖像, 形象, 偶像, 印象
v. tr. - 作...的像, 想像, 反映

idioms:

• be the image of    活像..., 酷似...
• image intensifier    影像增強器

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모습, 꼭 닮음, 상징
v. tr. - ~의 상을 그리다, 살아있는 것같이 묘사하다

idioms:

• be the image of    꼭 닮다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 像, 彫像, 画像, 偶像, 姿, 形, 姿のそっくりな人, 映像, 写像, 心像, イメージ, 印象, 生き写し
v. - 心に描く, 想像する, 像を造る

idioms:

• be the image of    そっくりである
• image intensifier    イメージ倍増管, イメージ増倍管
• spitting image    生き写し

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صورة (فعل) يتخيل, يتصور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דמות, תמונה, דימוי, משל, תדמית, בבואה, מטפורה (השאלה), פסל או ציור של אדם מסוים, מופע אופטי הנוצר ע"י קרינה מעצם המשתקפת במראה, עוברת דרך עדשה וכו', דמיון בין עצמים, דבר או אדם הדומים לאחר, דוגמה, רעיון או מושג, ייצוג במוח‬
v. tr. - ‮צייר דמות, דימה, שיקף‬

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