| image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
photography
picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming
cinematography
motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
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 |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery
picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
Identikit
Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
idol
graven image
god | a material effigy that is worshipped, thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, money was his god |
kinescope
picture tube
television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
motion-picture camera
movie camera
cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
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 |
painting
picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
photograph
photo
exposure
picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
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 |
| picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
| picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
| picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel
pel
picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
roentgenogram
X ray
Xay
Xay picture
Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
stereo stereoscopic picture
stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
| wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
| 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 |
| picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
favorite
favourite | something regarded with special favor or liking, that book is one of my favorites |
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 |
| memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
visual image visualization
visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture
picture
impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
| 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 |
video
picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
| picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
a movie
film picture moving picture
moving-picture show
motion picture
motion-picture show
picture show
pic
flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
silent movie
silent picture
silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
talking picture
talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
| picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
photo-offset printing
photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
| photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph |