| communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
| image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
approach trench
communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
communication system
communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
| communication system | a system for communicating |
effigy
image simulacrum | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture), the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln, the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone |
idol
graven image
god | a material effigy that is worshipped, thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, money was his god |
orthicon
image orthicon | a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera, electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons |
picture
image
icon
ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
| image | the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public, although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry, the company tried to project an altruistic image |
persona
image | (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world, a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty |
mirror image
reflection reflexion | a likeness in which left and right are reversed |
| spitting image | a perfect likeness or counterpart |
image
mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
imagination image
thought-image | a mental image produced by the imagination |
visual percept
visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes, an image in the visual system |
| memory image | a mental image of something previously experienced |
visual image visualization
visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
| auditory image | a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception |
prototype
paradigm
epitome
image | a standard or typical example, he is the prototype of good breeding, he provided America with an image of the good father |
communications
communication theory | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.), communications is his major field of study |
| communication communicating | the activity of communicating, the activity of conveying information, they could not act without official communication from Moscow |
channel communication channel
line | (often plural) a means of communication or access, it must go through official channels, lines of communication were set up between the two firms |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| electronic communication | communication by computer |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
language
linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols, he taught foreign languages, the language introduced is standard throughout the text, the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written |
written communication
written language
black and white | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
| animal communication | communication between animals (of the same species) |
| visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
paralanguage
paralinguistic communication | the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings |
trope
figure of speech
figure image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
phatic speech
phatic communication | conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information |
psychic communication
psychical communication
anomalous communication | communication by paranormal means |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
double
image
look-alike | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor), he could be Gingrich's double, she's the very image of her mother |
| iconoclast image breaker | a destroyer of images used in religious worship |
| virtual image | a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror) |
| communication | a connection allowing access between persons or places, how many lines of communication can there be among four people?, a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms |
enantiomorphism
mirror-image relation | the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another |
visualize
visualise
envision
project
fancy
see
figure
picture image | imagine, conceive of, see in one's mind, I can't see him on horseback!, I can see what will happen, I can see a risk in this strategy |
| image | render visible, as by means of MRI |