image /im″ij/ [L, imago, likeness] , 1. a representation or visual reproduction of the likeness of someone or something, such as a painting, photograph, or sculpture. 2. an optic representation of an object, such as that produced by refraction or reflection. 3. a person or thing that closely resembles another; semblance. 4. a mental picture, representation, idea, or concept of an objective reality. 5. (in psychology) a mental representation of something previously perceived and subsequently modified by other experiences, resulting from intrapsychic or extrapsychic stimuli, or both.
