real image

noun

: an optical image formed of real foci

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web People also have shared guides on how to use the technology to edit real images, including to remove the clothing of women who were photographed fully dressed. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023 But be sure to use real images and not stock photos. Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023 But not the real image. Fox News, 15 Dec. 2021 Image: Google Brain And here are the overall results: Results of the study showing how accurate humans are at identifying real images opposed to adversarial images. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2018 Having found the balloon once, Synthetiatic’s software could be trained with a real image of the balloon to further guide its search. WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023 And that real image is just the first that astronomers expect the EHT will produce. Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019 Here’s my colleague Allison Johnson on why this matters: It’s not all about big numbers; moving to higher-pixel-count sensors has real image quality benefits. Jon Porter, The Verge, 17 Jan. 2023 Humanity's first ever real image of a black hole shows the supermassive one at the heart of galaxy M87. John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2019 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of real image was in 1882

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“Real image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real%20image. Accessed 30 May. 2023.

Kids Definition

real image

noun
: an image of an object formed by rays of light coming to a focus (as after passing through a lens)

Medical Definition

real image

noun
: an optical image formed of real foci

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