ETYM Latin illustratio: cf. French illustration.
1. A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand.
2. Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive.
ETYM French, from Latin imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. Related to Imitate, Imagine.
An iconic mental representation; SYN. mental image.
ETYM From French mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, from Latin mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Related to Apron, Napkin, Nappe.
1. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
2. Something that represents with a clarity suggestive of a map.
3. The arrangement of genes on a chromosome — called also genetic map.
1. A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set; SYN. map, correspondence.
2. (Genetics) The process of locating genes on a chromosome; SYN. chromosome mapping.
ETYM Latin pictura, from pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. French peinture. Related to Paint.
1. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; SYN. image, icon, ikon.
2. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; SYN. pictorial matter.
3. A situation treated as an observable object; or; SYN. scene.
4. A typical example of some state or quality.
1. In der Geometrie eine Vorschrift, die jedem Element a einer Menge A genau ein Element b einer (anderen) Menge B zuordnet.
2. Abbildung, Projektion eines selbstleuchtenden oder beleuchteten Körpers durch ein opt. System.
ETYM From French mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, from Latin mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Related to Apron, Napkin, Nappe.
1. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
2. Something that represents with a clarity suggestive of a map.
3. The arrangement of genes on a chromosome — called also genetic map.
1. A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set; SYN. map, correspondence.
2. (Genetics) The process of locating genes on a chromosome; SYN. chromosome mapping.
ETYM Latin transformatio: cf. transformation.
In mathematics, a mapping or function, especially one which causes a change of shape or position in a geometric figure. Reflection, rotation, enlargement, and translation are the main geometrical transformations.
1. A function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
2. A qualitative change; SYN. transmutation, shift.
3. The act of transforming; SYN. translation.
(Optik) Vereinigung der von einem leuchtenden Gegenstand ausgehenden Strahlen durch eine Linse, gekrümmten Spiegel oder Lochblende.