life-sized
Matching real dimensions
Life-sized describes something made to match the actual dimensions of what it represents.
A life-sized statue of a person stands as tall as that person would in reality; a life-sized model of a dinosaur takes up the same space the creature would have.
The term applies to sculptures, photographs, cutouts, and replicas where accurate scale matters.
The museum featured a life-sized replica of a blue whale.
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- mannequinLife-sized display figure
- waxworkSculpted likeness in wax
- figureOutline or numeral
effigy · dummy · cutout · standee · cardboard cutout · model · mockup · facsimile
True to life
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
representation · portrayal · depiction · animatronic · hyperreal · detailed · convincing · authentic
Complete, without reduction
- one-to-oneExactly paired correspondence
- proportionalScaled to match another
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
- to-scaleSized in accurate ratio
faithful · accurate · precise · exact · measured · dimensional · undistorted · unaltered
statue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- mannequinLife-sized display figure
- waxworkSculpted likeness in wax
figure · effigy · dummy · cutout · standee · cardboard cutout · model · mockup · facsimile · reproduction
realistic
True to life
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
likeness · representation · portrayal · depiction · animatronic · hyperreal · detailed · convincing · authentic · genuine
full-scale
Complete, without reduction
- one-to-oneExactly paired correspondence
- proportionalScaled to match another
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
to-scale · faithful · accurate · precise · exact · measured · dimensional · undistorted · unaltered · equivalent
- sized