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avatar

an electronic image in a computer game or various online sites

av·a·tar

(ăv′ə-tär′)

1. The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form.

2. An embodiment or manifestation, as of a quality or concept: "Reagan was at his strongest as the avatar of American consensus, peddling a sunny normalcy, a happy-go-lucky and ultimately accommodating attitude" (Gil Troy).

3. A temporary manifestation or aspect of a continuing entity: occultism in its present avatar.

4. An icon, graphic, or other image by which a person represents himself or herself on a communications network or in a virtual community, such as a chatroom or multiplayer game.

[Sanskrit avatāraḥ, descent (of a deity from heaven), avatar : ava, down + tarati, he crosses; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]

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avatar

(ˈævəˌtɑː)

1. (Hinduism) Hinduism the manifestation of a deity, notably Vishnu, in human, superhuman, or animal form

2. a visible manifestation or embodiment of an abstract concept; archetype

3. (Computer Science) a movable image that represents a person in a virtual reality environment or in cyberspace

[C18: from Sanskrit avatāra a going down, from avatarati he descends, from ava down + tarati he passes over]

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av•a•tar

(ˈæv əˌtɑr, ˌæv əˈtɑr)

n.

1. an incarnation of a Hindu god.

2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.

3. Computers. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.

[1775–85; < Skt avatāra a passing down]

avatar

A digital construct (often an image file) that represents the online user in a virtual world.

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Noun	1.	avatar - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" embodiment, incarnation personification - a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism" deification - an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital" reincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion"
	2.	avatar - the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu" Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus

Translations

Avatar

аватар

avatar

[ˈævətɑːʳ] N [of deity] → avatar m

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avatar

n (Rel, fig) → Inkarnation f

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The Hindoo whale referred to, occurs in a separate department of the wall, depicting the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of leviathan, learnedly known as the Matse Avatar. But though this sculpture is half man and half whale, so as only to give the tail of the latter, yet that small section of him is all wrong.

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This is no furniture for the scholar's library, but a book for the winter evening school-room when the tasks are over and the hour for bed draws near; and honest Alan, who was a grim old fire-eater in his day has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid, carry him awhile into the Highlands and the last century, and pack him to bed with some engaging images to mingle with his dreams.

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Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of blood.

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Maggie had been four days at her aunt Moss's giving the early June sunshine quite a new brightness in the care-dimmed eyes of that affectionate woman, and making an epoch for her cousins great and small, who were learning her words and actions by heart, as if she had been a transient avatar of perfect wisdom and beauty.

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It was so short that when young Powell joined the Ferndale by a memorable stroke of chance, no more than seven months had elapsed since the--let us say the liberation of the convict de Barral and his avatar into Mr.

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"I gave the title 'Avatar' and told Cameron that the movie would be a blockbuster.

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The Marvel Studios superhero movie "Avengers: Endgame" at the weekend overtook the $2.789 billion record set by Cameron's 2009 sci-fi film "Avatar" to bring its global total to $2.790 billion, according to box-office data.

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