representation
Roget category 554
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.1. Natural means
#554.
Representation
noun
representation,
representment† —
imitation
etc.
19 —
illustration,
delineation,
depictment† —
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography —
design,
designing —
art,
fine arts —
painting
etc.
556 —
sculpture
etc.
557 —
engraving
etc.
558 —
photography,
cinematography —
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification —
impersonation —
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot —
X-ray photo —
movie film,
movie —
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit T
verb
copy etc. 21 — drawing, sketch, drought, draft — plot, chart, figure, scheme.image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness — very image — effigy, facsimile.
figure, figure head — puppet, doll, figurine, aglet†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet†, marionette, fantoccini†, waxwork, bust — statue, statuette.
ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.] — diagram, monogram.
map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626.
ichnography†, cartography — atlas — outline, scheme — view etc. (painting) 556 — radiograph, scotograph†, sciagraph† — spectrogram, heliogram†.
verb
represent, delineate — depict, depicture† — portray — take a likeness, catch a likeness etc. n. — hit off, photograph, daguerreotype — snapshot — figure, shadow forth, shadow out — adumbrate — body forth — describe etc. 594 — trace, copy — mold.dress up — illustrate, symbolize.
paint etc. 556 — carve etc. 557 — engrave etc. 558.
personate, personify — impersonate — assume a character — pose as — act — play etc. (drama) 599 — mimic etc. (imitate) 19 — hold the mirror up to nature.
adjective
represent, representing etc. v., representative — illustrative [Slang] — represented etc. v. — imitative, figurative — iconic.like etc. 17 — graphic etc. (descriptive) 594 — cinquecento quattrocento [Fr.], trecento†.
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