image
         n 1: an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced
               images upon her too awful to contemplate" [syn: {image},
               {mental image}]
         2: (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to
            the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
            [syn: {persona}, {image}]
         3: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or
            abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the
            pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images
            projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn:
            {picture}, {image}, {icon}, {ikon}]
         4: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
            breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good
            father" [syn: {prototype}, {paradigm}, {epitome}, {image}]
         5: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn:
            {trope}, {figure of speech}, {figure}, {image}]
         6: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an
            actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very
            image of her mother" [syn: {double}, {image}, {look-alike}]
         7: (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for
            which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the
            set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the
            function is the set of all real numbers" [syn: {image},
            {range}, {range of a function}]
         8: the general impression that something (a person or
            organization or product) presents to the public; "although
            her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music
            and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic
            image"
         9: a representation of a person (especially in the form of
            sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the
            emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: {effigy},
            {image}, {simulacrum}]
         v 1: render visible, as by means of MRI
         2: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
            horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk
            in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision},
            {project}, {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}]

English Dictionary: image	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imago n (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immix v mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonym(s): blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in use adj (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" Synonym(s): busy, engaged, in use(p) currently being used; "robots are in use throughout industry"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
INC n a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government Synonym(s): Iraqi National Congress, INC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Inca n a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family) a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru Synonym(s): Inca, Inka, Incan the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s Synonym(s): Inca, Inka
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inch n a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot [syn: inch, in] a unit of measurement for advertising space Synonym(s): column inch, inch v advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" Synonym(s): edge, inch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inga n any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Inge n English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954) Synonym(s): Inge, William Ralph Inge, Gloomy Dean United States playwright (1913-1973) Synonym(s): Inge, William Inge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ink n a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods v append one's signature to; "They inked the contract" mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink; "he inked his finger" fill with ink; "ink a pen"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Inka n a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru Synonym(s): Inca, Inka, Incan the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s Synonym(s): Inca, Inka
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inky adj of the color of black ink [syn: ink-black, inky, inky-black]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
INS n an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States Synonym(s): Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ionesco n French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994) Synonym(s): Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ionic adj containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions; "ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen" Antonym(s): nonionic, nonpolar of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language n the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia Synonym(s): Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ionise v become converted into ions Synonym(s): ionize, ionise convert into ions Synonym(s): ionize, ionise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ionize v become converted into ions Synonym(s): ionize, ionise convert into ions Synonym(s): ionize, ionise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Image \Im"age\, n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of       imitari to imitate. See {Imitate}, and cf. {Imagine}.]       1. An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person,             thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise             made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a             copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.                         Even like a stony image, cold and numb. --Shak.                         Whose is this image and superscription? --Matt.                                                                               xxii. 20.                         This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.                                                                               --Shak.                         And God created man in his own image. --Gen. i. 27.          2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid;             an idol. --Chaucer.                         Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . .                      . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. --Ex. xx.                                                                               4, 5.          3. Show; appearance; cast.                         The face of things a frightful image bears.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn             by the fancy; a conception; an idea.                         Can we conceive Image of aught delightful, soft, or                      great?                                                --Prior.          5. (Rhet.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken             from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject;             usually, an extended metaphor. --Brande & C.          6. (Opt.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the             focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the             several points of the object symmetrically refracted or             reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may             be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the             retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with             an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the             likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see             one's image in a mirror.          {Electrical image}. See under {Electrical}.          {Image breaker}, one who destroys images; an iconoclast.          {Image graver}, {Image maker}, a sculptor.          {Image worship}, the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry             distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images             themselves.          {Image Purkinje} (Physics), the image of the retinal blood             vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane.          {Virtual image} (Optics), a point or system of points, on one             side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit             the system of rays which actually exists on the other side             of the mirror or lens. --Clerk Maxwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Image \Im"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imaged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Imaging}.]       1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake             imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.             [bd]Shrines of imaged saints.[b8] --J. Warton.          2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of             by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.                         Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And                      image charms he must behold no more.   --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immask \Im*mask"\, v. t.       To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.]       --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immesh \Im*mesh"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immeshed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Immeshing}.] [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. {Inmesh}.]       To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in       a web; to insnare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immix \Im*mix"\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + mix.]       To mix; to mingle. [R.]                   Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,       to use. See {Use}, v. t.]       1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's             service; the state of being so employed or applied;             application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,             the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general             use.                         Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.                         This Davy serves you for good uses.   --Shak.                         When he framed All things to man's delightful use.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no             further use for a book. --Shak.          3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of             being used; usefulness; utility.                         God made two great lights, great for their use To                      man.                                                   --Milton.                         'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.          4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;             usage; custom; manner; habit.                         Let later age that noble use envy.      --Spenser.                         How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me                      all the uses of this world!               --Shak.          5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]                         O C[91]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.          6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any             diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford             use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.                         From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but                      one use.                                             --Pref. to                                                                               Book of Common                                                                               Prayer.          7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of             borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]                         Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use                      and principal, to him.                        --Jer. Taylor.          8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.             opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.]             (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use             imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the             holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is             intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and             limited to A for the use of B.          9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,             as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by             hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.          {Contingent}, [or] {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come             into operation on a future uncertain event.          {In use}.             (a) In employment; in customary practice observance.             (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.          {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage.          {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable.          {Out of use}, not in employment.          {Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the             deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to             him who raised it, after such expiration.          {Secondary}, [or] {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though             executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.             --Blackstone.          {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.             10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites             the use and possession.          {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive             service from; to use.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inc \Inc\, n.       A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one       twelfth yards. [Written also {ink}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inca \In"ca\, n.       (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of,             the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty,             reputed to have been descendants of the sun.       (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by             the Quichua tribe.          {Inca dove} (Zo[94]l.), a small dove ({Scardafella inca}),             native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ince \Ince\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The ounce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inch \Inch\, v. i.       To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move       slowly.                   With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to                the walls.                                             --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inch \Inch\, a.       Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length,       breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch       cable; a four-inch plank.          {Inch stuff}, boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inch \Inch\, n. [Gael. inis.]       An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off       the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.       [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inch \Inch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Inching}.]       1. To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.]                         He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches                      out my master.                                    --Dryden.          2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inch \Inch\, n. [OE. inche, unche, AS. ynce, L. uncia the       twelfth part, inch, ounce. See {Ounce} a weight.]       1. A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly             subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths,             etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided             into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three             parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have             been determined from three grains of barley placed end to             end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime             ([b7]), composed of twelve seconds ([b7][b7]), as in the             duodecimal system of arithmetic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ing \-ing\       1. [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-,             L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. [?].] A suffix used to from present             participles; as, singing, playing.          2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns             from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the             act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary             collective force; as, shipping, clothing.          Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and                verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.          3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives;             as, lording, farthing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ing \Ing\, n. [AS. ing.]       A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.       [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ing \-ing\       1. [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-,             L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. [?].] A suffix used to from present             participles; as, singing, playing.          2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns             from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the             act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary             collective force; as, shipping, clothing.          Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and                verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.          3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives;             as, lording, farthing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ing \Ing\, n. [AS. ing.]       A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.       [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inc \Inc\, n.       A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one       twelfth yards. [Written also {ink}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum       the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their       edicts, Gr. [?], fr. [?] burnt in, encaustic, fr. [?] to burn       in. See {Encaustic}, {Caustic}.]       1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various             kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or             printing.                         Make there a prick with ink.               --Chaucer.                         Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.          2. A pigment. See {India ink}, under {India}.          Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a                solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially                of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo                sulphate, or other coloring matter,is added. Other                black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of                logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a                solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made                from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but                potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,                and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.                Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver                nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India                ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also                used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of                cobalt, etc. See {Sympathetic ink} (below).          {Copying ink}, a peculiar ink used for writings of which             copies by impression are to be taken.          {Ink bag} (Zo[94]l.), an ink sac.          {Ink berry}. (Bot.)             (a) A shrub of the Holly family ({Ilex glabra}), found in                   sandy grounds along the coast from New England to                   Florida, and producing a small black berry.             (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See {Indigo}.          {Ink plant} (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria             thumifolia}), the berries of which uield a juice which             forms an ink.          {Ink powder}, a powder from which ink is made by solution.          {Ink sac} (Zo[94]l.), an organ, found in most cephalopods,             containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct             opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to             cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from             their enemies. See Illust. of {Dibranchiata}.          {Printer's ink}, [or] {Printing ink}. See under {Printing}.                      {Sympathetic ink}, a writing fluid of such a nature that what             is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent             on the characters makes it visible.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, n. (Mach.)       The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone       spindle runs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inked} ([icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Inking}.]       To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or       daub with ink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inc \Inc\, n.       A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one       twelfth yards. [Written also {ink}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum       the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their       edicts, Gr. [?], fr. [?] burnt in, encaustic, fr. [?] to burn       in. See {Encaustic}, {Caustic}.]       1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various             kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or             printing.                         Make there a prick with ink.               --Chaucer.                         Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.          2. A pigment. See {India ink}, under {India}.          Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a                solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially                of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo                sulphate, or other coloring matter,is added. Other                black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of                logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a                solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made                from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but                potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,                and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.                Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver                nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India                ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also                used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of                cobalt, etc. See {Sympathetic ink} (below).          {Copying ink}, a peculiar ink used for writings of which             copies by impression are to be taken.          {Ink bag} (Zo[94]l.), an ink sac.          {Ink berry}. (Bot.)             (a) A shrub of the Holly family ({Ilex glabra}), found in                   sandy grounds along the coast from New England to                   Florida, and producing a small black berry.             (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See {Indigo}.          {Ink plant} (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria             thumifolia}), the berries of which uield a juice which             forms an ink.          {Ink powder}, a powder from which ink is made by solution.          {Ink sac} (Zo[94]l.), an organ, found in most cephalopods,             containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct             opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to             cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from             their enemies. See Illust. of {Dibranchiata}.          {Printer's ink}, [or] {Printing ink}. See under {Printing}.                      {Sympathetic ink}, a writing fluid of such a nature that what             is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent             on the characters makes it visible.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, n. (Mach.)       The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone       spindle runs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ink \Ink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inked} ([icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Inking}.]       To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or       daub with ink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inky \Ink"y\, a.       Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.       [bd]Inky blots.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Its inky blackness.[b8]       --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inmacy \In"ma*cy\, n. [From {Inmate}.]       The state of being an inmate. [R.] --Craig.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inmesh \In*mesh"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inmeshed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Inmeshing}.]       To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insue \In*sue"\, v. i.       See {Ensue}, v. i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ionic \I*on"ic\, n.       1. (Pros.)             (a) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long                   and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in                   which case it is called the {greater Ionic}; or two                   short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a                   spondee, in which case it is called the {smaller                   Ionic}.             (b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.          2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.          3. (Print.) Ionic type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ionic \I*on"ic\, a. [L. Ionicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Ionia.]       1. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.          2. (Arch.) Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one             of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the             five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth             century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with             spiral volutes. See Illust. of {Capital}.          {Ionic dialect} (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language,             used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is             designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new Ionic, or             Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period             of Athenian prosperity and glory.          {Ionic foot}. (Pros.) See {Ionic}, n., 1.          {Ionic}, [or] {Ionian}, {mode} (Mus.), an ancient mode,             supposed to correspond with the modern major scale of C.                      {Ionic sect}, a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of             Miletus, in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that             water is the original principle of all things.          {Ionic type}, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the             following line).          Note: This is Nonpareil Ionic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ionize \I"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ionized}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ionizing}.] (Elec. Chem.)       To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in       water. -- {I`on*i*za"tion}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Inez, KY (city, FIPS 39430)       Location: 37.86614 N, 82.53753 W       Population (1990): 511 (276 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Inez, TX (CDP, FIPS 35996)       Location: 28.87505 N, 96.79386 W       Population (1990): 1371 (504 housing units)       Area: 154.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 77968
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
inc /ink/ v.   Verbal (and only rarely written) shorthand for    increment, i.e. `increase by one'.   Especially used by assembly    programmers, as many assembly languages have an `inc' mnemonic.    Antonym: dec (see {DEC}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
image          1. Data representing a two-dimensional scene.       A digital image is composed of {pixels} arranged in a       rectangular array with a certain height and width.   Each pixel       may consist of one or more {bit}s of information, representing       the brightness of the image at that point and possibly       including colour information encoded as {RGB} triples.          {Images} are usually taken from the real world via a {digital       camera}, {frame grabber}, or {scanner}; or they may be       generated by computer, e.g. by {ray tracing} software.          See also {image formats}, {image processing}.          (1994-10-21)          2. The image (or range) of a {function} is the       set of values obtained by applying the function to all       elements of its {domain}.   So, if f : D -> C then the set f(D)       = \{ f(d) | d in D \} is the image of D under f.   The image is       a subset of C, the {codomain}.          (2000-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
imake          A tool which generates {Makefile}s from a template, a set of       {cpp} {macro}s, and a per-directory input file called an       Imakefile.   This allows machine dependencies (such has       compiler options, alternate command names, and special make       rules) to be kept separate from the descriptions of the       various items to be built.          imake is distributed with, and used extensively by, the {X       Window System}.          (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
imc          A {REXX} {interpreter} for {SunOS}.          Current version 1.3 [?].          {(ftp://rexx.uwaterloo.ca/pub/freerexx/imc/)}.          (2000-11-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IMNSHO          {IMHO}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IMS          {Information Management System}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IMS 6100          {Intersil 6100}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Imsai          One of the companies that made very early       {microprocessor} systems.          [Where?   When?   Who?   What?]          (1995-05-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IMSE          {Integrated Modelling Support Environment}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ina Jo          [FDM?]          ["The Ina Jo Specification Language Reference Manual", J.       Scheid et al, TR TM-(L)-6021/001/00, SDC Mar 1985].          (2000-02-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inc          /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one.   Especially used by       {assembly} programmers, as many assembly languages have an       "inc" {mnemonic}.          Antonym: {dec}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
inews          A {Unix} program for posting {Usenet}       news articles, written by Rich $alz for       {InterNetNews}.   inews reads an article (perhaps with headers)       from a file or {standard}, adds some {header}s and possibly a       {signature}, and, if the article passes some consistency       checks (too much quoting, non-existent {newsgroup}) then inews       sends the article to the local news {server} for distribution.          If an unapproved posting is made to a {moderated} newsgroup,       inews will try to send the article to the moderator (specified       in a configuration file) by {electronic mail}.          Version: 1.25, dated 1993/03/18.          {Unix manual page}: inews(1).          (1996-02-27)