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{{dablink|For movies, see [[Film]]. For other uses of "Image" or "Images", see [[Image (disambiguation)]].}}
{{selfref|For image policy on Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Images]].}}
[[Image:Image in Glossographia.png|thumb|right|Definition of ''image'' and ''imagery'', from [[Thomas Blount (lexicographer)|Thomas Blount's]] ''Glossographia Anglicana Nova'', 1707.]]
[[Image:Raster to Vector Mechanical Example.jpg|thumb|right|The top image is captured using [[photography]]. The bottom image is [[Artistic rendering|rendered]]. Images are produced either by capturing or rendering.]]
In common usage, an '''image''' (from [[Latin]] ''imago'') or '''picture''' is an artifact, usually two-dimensional, that has a similar appearance to some [[subject (philosophy)|subject]]—usually a physical object or a [[person]].
Images may be two-[[dimension]]al, such as a [[photograph]], screen display, and as well as a three-dimensional, such as a [[statue]]. They may be ''captured'' by [[optics|optical]] devices—such as [[camera]]s, [[mirror]]s, [[Lens (optics)|lenses]], [[telescope]]s, [[microscope]]s, etc. and natural objects and phenomena, such as the human [[eye]] or water surfaces.
The word ''image'' is also used in the broader sense of any two-dimensional figure such as a [[map]], a [[Graph (data structure)|graph]], a [[pie chart]], or an [[abstract art|abstract painting]]. In this wider sense, images can also be ''rendered'' manually, such as by [[drawing]], [[painting]], [[carving]], rendered automatically by [[printing]] or [[computer graphics]] technology, or [[Image development (visual arts)|developed]] by a combination of methods, especially in a [[pseudo-photograph]].
A volatile image is one that exists only for a short period of time. This may be a reflection of an object by a mirror, a [[projection]] of a [[camera obscura]], or a scene displayed on a [[cathode ray tube]]. A fixed image, also called a hardcopy, is one that has been recorded on a material object, such as [[paper]] or [[textile]].
A [[mental image]] exists in an individual's mind: something one remembers or imagines. The subject of an image need not be real; it may be an abstract concept, such as a [[graph theory|graph]], function, or "imaginary" entity.
For example, [[Sigmund Freud]] claimed to have dreamt purely in aural-images of dialogues. The development of synthetic acoustic technologies and the creation of [[sound art]] have led to a consideration of the possibilities of a [[sound-image]] made up of irreducible phonic substance beyond linguistic or musicological analysis.
A collection of non-volatile images providing an image changing with time is a [[film]].
==References==
{{Unreferenced|date=April 2007}}
==External Link==
[http://www.wikiimages.org Wiki Images for all kind of images]
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