I just reread yesterday’s blog post, and I was really tired when I wrote it. I was embarrassed to find several things that needed editing. I wanted to apologize! I corrected what I saw at the moment. (We are vacationing and the days are long, and I don’t know that I have it in me to put together deep and coherent thoughts. With that in mind, today’s post will be short, but I’ll be home soon.)
Here are the nine definitions of image according to Merriam Webster:
1: a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; especially : an imitation in solid form : statue
2a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device2b : a visual representation of something: as (1) : a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material (2) : a picture produced on an electronic display (as a television or computer screen)
3a : exact likeness : semblance <God created man in his own image — Genesis 1:27(Revised Standard Version)>3b : a person strikingly like another person <she is the image of her mother>
4a : a tangible or visible representation : incarnation <the image of filial devotion>4b archaic : an illusory form : apparition
5a (1) : a mental picture or impression of something <had a negative body image of herself> (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation <a disorderly courtroom can seriously tarnish a community’s image of justice — Herbert Brownell>5b : idea, concept
6: a vivid or graphic representation or description7: figure of speech8: a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media <promoting a corporate image of brotherly love and concern — R. C. Buck>
9: a set of values given by a mathematical function (as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain
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