English > icon: 3 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. |
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| Synonyms | picture, image, ikon |
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| Narrower | bitmap, electronic image | An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
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| chiaroscuro | A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color |
| collage, montage | A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image |
| foil, transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base |
| graphic, computer graphic | An image that is generated by a computer |
| iconography | The images / images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject / subject |
| inset | A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one |
| likeness, semblance | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing |
| panorama, cyclorama, diorama | A picture / picture (or series of pictures / pictures) representing a continuous scene |
| reflection, reflexion | The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) |
| scan, CAT scan | An image produced by scanning |
| sonogram, echogram | An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves) |
| Broader | representation | A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something |
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| Spanish | fotografía, foto, ilustración, imagen, retrato |
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| Catalan | fotografia, foto, imatge |
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| Adjectives | iconic | relating to or having the characteristics / characteristics on an icon |
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