im·age (ĭmˈĭj)

1. An optically formed duplicate or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.
2. A mental picture of something not real or present.
3. An exact copy of data in a computer file transferred to another medium.

1. To make or produce a likeness of.
2. To picture something mentally; imagine.
3. To translate photographs or other pictures by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer.
4. To visualize something, as by magnetic resonance imaging.