Figure vs. Image

Figurenoun

A drawing or diagram conveying information.

Figurenoun

The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.

Figurenoun

A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.

Figurenoun

The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.

Figurenoun

(obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.

Figurenoun

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

Figurenoun

A numeral.

Figurenoun

A number.

Figurenoun

A shape.

Figurenoun

A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.

Figurenoun

A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.

Figurenoun

A figure of speech.

Figurenoun

(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Figurenoun

(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

Figurenoun

(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

Figurenoun

(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.

Figureverb

To solve a mathematical problem.

Figureverb

To come to understand.

Figureverb

To be reasonable.

Figureverb

(transitive) To enter, be a part of.

Figureverb

(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

Figureverb

To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

Figureverb

(obsolete) To indicate by numerals.

Figureverb

To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Figureverb

(obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.

Figureverb

(music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

Figureverb

(music) To embellish.

Figurenoun

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

Figurenoun

The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.

Figurenoun

A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

Figurenoun

A diagram or drawing, made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; - called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

Figurenoun

The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; as, a sorry figure.

Figurenoun

Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.

Figurenoun

A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

Figurenoun

Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.

Figurenoun

A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.

Figurenoun

A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also called a figure of speech.

Figurenoun

The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Figurenoun

Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

Figurenoun

A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

Figurenoun

Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

Figurenoun

A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a florid embellishment.

Figureverb

To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

Figureverb

To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

Figureverb

To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.

Figureverb

To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Figureverb

To prefigure; to foreshow.

Figureverb

To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

Figureverb

To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

Figureverb

To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.

Figurenoun

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material;

Figurenoun

alternative names for the body of a human being;

Figurenoun

one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers;

Figurenoun

a model of a bodily form (especially of a person);

Figurenoun

a well-known or notable person;

Figurenoun

a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

Figurenoun

an amount of money expressed numerically;

Figurenoun

the impression produced by a person;

Figurenoun

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals;

Figurenoun

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Figurenoun

a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

Figurenoun

a decorative or artistic work;

Figurenoun

a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating;

Figureverb

judge to be probable

Figureverb

be or play a part of or in;

Figureverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Figureverb

make a mathematical calculation or computation

Figureverb

understand;

Imagenoun

An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

Imagenoun

A mental picture of something not real or not present.

Imagenoun

A statue or idol.

Imagenoun

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image, executable image and image copy.)

Imagenoun

A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

Imagenoun

(mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.

Imagenoun

(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

Imagenoun

(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.

Imageverb

(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

Imageverb

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

Imageverb

(transitive) To create an image of.

Imageverb

To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Imagenoun

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.

Imagenoun

Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.

Imagenoun

Show; appearance; cast.

Imagenoun

A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.

Imagenoun

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

Imagenoun

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

Imageverb

To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

Imageverb

To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.

Imagenoun

an iconic mental representation;

Imagenoun

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

Imagenoun

(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;

Imagenoun

a standard or typical example;

Imagenoun

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Imagenoun

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

Imagenoun

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

Imageverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Imagenoun

a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art

Imagenoun

a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other device, or displayed on a computer or video screen

Imagenoun

an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens.

Imagenoun

a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set.

Imagenoun

an exact copy of a computer's hard disk, made for backing up data or setting up new machines.

Imagenoun

a mental representation or idea

Imagenoun

a person or thing that closely resembles another

Imagenoun

semblance or likeness

Imagenoun

(in biblical use) an idol.

Imagenoun

the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public

Imagenoun

a simile or metaphor

Imageverb

make a representation of the external form of

Imageverb

make a visual representation of (something) by scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam.

Imageverb

make an exact copy of (a computer's hard disk)

Imageverb

form a mental picture or idea of

Image

An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object—and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).