pictorial representation

Other forms: pictorial representations

Definitions of pictorial representation

1. noun

   visual representation as by photography or painting
   synonyms: picturing

   types:

   delineation, depiction, portrayal

   representation by drawing or painting etc

   imaging, tomography

   (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

   photography, picture taking

   the act of taking and printing photographs

   portraiture

   the activity of making portraits

   X-radiation, X-raying

   obtaining images by the use of X rays

   echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound

   using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs

   PET, positron emission tomography

   using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

   MRI, magnetic resonance imaging

   the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images

   radiology, radioscopy

   (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation

   radiography

   photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light

   xerography

   forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas

   telephotography

   photography using a telephoto lens

   exposure

   the act of exposing film to light

   cinematography, filming, motion-picture photography

   the act of making a film

   type of:

   representation

   an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent