electronic image
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3.9
- noun
- Specialized
:
imagen electrónica
- Images submitted for identification may be slides or electronic, with electronic images preferred.
Examples
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Electronic images eliminated the bottleneck that had resulted from checks being in only one place at a time.
Academic text (2005) -
Therefore, electronic displays are designed to minimize the pixel count, and electronic images are always pixel limited.
Academic text (1992) -
Electronic images are still many times more expensive than other forms of images, and they are limited in resolution.
Academic text (1992) -
and electronic images of both stages can then be placed into a collection that is readily accessible via computer.
Academic text (2001) -
In this and many other ways, electronic images are helping to propel the human race into the information age.
Academic text (1992) -
Another way to convey the excitement of astronomy is to display electronic images on a monitor.
Academic text (2003) -
Certainly, there have been many other notable inventions, such as the transistor, the computer, and the video camera, but these are all parts used to make electronic images.
Academic text (1992) -
CCDs are electronic image detectors, which are composed of small MOS capacitors.
Blog text (20) -
The consummation of the union between photography, electronic image capture, and high-speed computing will bring forth a prodigious increase in our ability to capture, store, manipulate, transmit, and display images in vast numbers.
Academic text (1992) -
Look at all of those electronic images.
Synonyms
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1.0
A picture showing a person or thing
3
4.6
A computer picture made of many small colored squares
An image made by a computer using special software
How Detailed
- Specialized
1
3.9
- Texting
18
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: an 'electronic' (connected to electronic technology) 'image' (a visual picture), so its meaning as a digitally stored or device-displayed picture is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Electronic image comes from the idea of an image made by electronic parts and computers instead of on paper or film, using many tiny light dots called pixels. Those dots are kept and changed as numbers by a computer, so electronic image means 'a picture stored or processed by a computer or other electronic device'.