virtual image

British  

noun

1. an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point

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Example Sentences

The virtual image of their economic and ecological environment would give actors from agriculture, consulting, and politics the opportunity to try out the measures before deciding whether to implement them.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Roblox has robust moderation efforts, which include scanning text chat for inappropriate words as well as every virtual image uploaded to the game.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

“You could do a whole lot of seemingly advanced pattern recognition without actually having a virtual image floating around in your head, a kind of representation of the object,” Chittka says.

From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2020

Mitch also has absolute approval from Base over his daughter’s virtual image.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2018

My chat request is sent, and a moment later, Hideo accepts it, appearing at the edge of the pool as a virtual image.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu