(An image or representation of something)

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• Representation (arts) — Representation describes the signs that stand in for and take the place of something else.Mitchell, W. 1995, Representation , in F Lentricchia T McLaughlin (eds), Critical Terms for Literary Study , 2nd edn, University of Chicago Press, Chicago]… …   Wikipedia

• image — imageable, adj. imager, n. /im ij/, n., v., imaged, imaging. n. 1. a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible. 2. an optical counterpart or appearance of an… …   Universalium

• image — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• image — im•age [[t]ˈɪm ɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. aged, ag•ing 1) a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible 2) opt an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is… …   From formal English to slang

• image —    by John Lechte   The key to understanding the image in Baudrillard s work is that it is not representational. In other words, it does not re present reality or the real. Semiotically speaking, the existence of the referent is problematic. All… …   The Baudrillard dictionary

• image — [im′ij] n. [OFr < imagene < L imaginem, acc. of imago, imitation, copy, image, akin to aemulus: see EMULATE] 1. a) an imitation or representation of a person or thing, drawn, painted, photographed, etc.; esp., a statue b) a sculptured… …   English World dictionary

• representation — ► NOUN 1) the action or an instance of representing or being represented. 2) an image, model, or other depiction of something. 3) (representations) statements made to an authority to communicate an opinion or register a protest …   English terms dictionary

• image — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. picture, reflection, double, counterpart, likeness; portrait, statue, figure; idea, concept. See similarity, appearance, representation, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental impression] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• image — 1. Representation of an object made by the rays of light emanating or reflected from it. 2. Representation produced by x rays, ultrasound, tomography, thermography, radioisotopes, etc. 3. To produce such representations. [L. imago, likeness]… …   Medical dictionary

• representation —    by John Marks    Representation , for Deleuze, entails an essentially moral view of the world, explicitly or implicitly drawing on what everybody knows , and he conceives of philosophy as an antidote to this view. Representation cannot help us …   The Deleuze dictionary

• representation —    by John Marks    Representation , for Deleuze, entails an essentially moral view of the world, explicitly or implicitly drawing on what everybody knows , and he conceives of philosophy as an antidote to this view. Representation cannot help us …   The Deleuze dictionary