visual representation

Image showing something

A visual representation is an image, diagram, chart, or other graphic that conveys information or ideas through sight rather than words alone.

Maps, photographs, graphs, and illustrations are all visual representations, as are more abstract forms like icons and symbols.

The term often appears in educational and technical contexts where complex data or concepts benefit from being shown rather than merely described.

The report included visual representations of the survey results.

Related

color · color palette · mind maps · mood board · diagram · blueprint · floor plan · map · big picture · spectrogram · pictogram · schematic · hologram · heat map · model · storyboard · comic strip · timeline

Opposites
sensory modality

visual representationnarration

Verbal account delivery

audio description · audio recording · sound recording · musical notation · soundscape

symbolic mode

visual representationwritten account

narrative · spoken language

concreteness

visual representationmental image

Internal visual representation

idea · imagination · conceptual understanding

Family

visual, representation, illustration, depiction

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G