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Picturing

of Picture

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Delineation 76% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

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Depiction 76% connected

A painting or depicting; a representation.

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Imaging 76% connected

of Image

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Photography 76% connected

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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Portrayal 76% connected

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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Imagery 76% connected

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

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Imagination 76% connected

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental i…

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Imaging 76% connected

of Image

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Depict 74% connected

Depicted.

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Depict 74% connected

Depicted.

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Visualize 74% connected

To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

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Visualize 74% connected

To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Characterization noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Choice of words noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Equivocalness noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Focalisation noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focalization noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focusing noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Irony noun · 78% connection

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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Mood noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Motif noun · 78% connection

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual ‘boy gets girl’ theme"

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Narrative adjective · 78% connection

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

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Phraseology noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Phrasing noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Acrophony noun · 78% connection

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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After preposition · 78% connection

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes aft…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Agree verb · 78% connection

To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Albertype noun · 78% connection

A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Ambrotype noun · 78% connection

A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark bac…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Antimetathesis noun · 78% connection

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Autotype noun · 78% connection

A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Bloom noun · 78% connection

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Canvas noun · 78% connection

Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Caricature verb · 78% connection

An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Carnation noun · 78% connection

Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: picture.
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Carte de visite unknown · 78% connection

A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.

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