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image

Picture or appearance of a real object, formed by light that passes through a lens or is reflected from a mirror. If rays of light actually pass through an image, it is called a real image. Real images, such as those produced by a camera or projector lens, can be projected onto a screen. An image that cannot be projected onto a screen, such as that seen in a flat mirror, is known as a virtual image.

In a pinhole camera, rays of light travelling from the object through the pinhole of the camera form a real image on the screen of the camera. The image is upside down, or inverted.

image

In mathematics, a point or number that is produced as the result of a transformation or mapping.



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Perhaps the best advice I received as a young dancer was from my beloved ballet teacher, who counseled me (due to my less than "ideal" body) to pursue a career in modern dance, where there might be less pressure for me to conform to an unrealistic body image.
Pressures of ideal body image and social constructions of gender are of great importance in understanding how anorexia nervosa manifests itself in the female population today.
Concern about body image and losing weight can have adverse consequences some of which include depression from low body esteem, low self worth, poor nutrition from extensive dieting, inadequate calcium and iron intake, under-nutrition; anorexia or bulimia etc.
 
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