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IMAGEN VIRTUAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

An encoded image that could be displayed if a display surface of sufficient size were available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
DEF

Imagen [...] que no se puede recoger en una pantalla y sólo es visible al mirar la prolongación hacia atrás de los rayos.

CONT

Lo que se denomina imagen virtual [...] no es más que la mediatización digital de la percepción y es la manera y el contexto en que se presenta la información digital en la red. Se trata de una realidad perceptiva no material -no competen las reglas de la física elemental en su interior-, tecnológica, y que sólo tiene razón de ser en medios digitales.

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Record 2 2014-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optics
DEF

An optical image from which rays of light only appear to diverge, without actually being focused there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Optique
CONT

[...] la lentille biconcave fait diverger ces rayons [parallèles] non sans donner naissance à une image virtuelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
  • Óptica
DEF

Imagen formada por haces procedentes de puntas del objeto cuyas prolongaciones, en sentido contrario a la marcha de la luz, después de atravesar el sistema óptico, convergen en las conjugados de aquellos, no pudiendo ser recogidos en una pantalla.

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