虚像|きょぞうkyozou[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective, physicsvirtual image
2. no-adjectivefalse image; pretense; pretence

• Related幻影げんえいWrittenA literary word for a phantom — something that seems to exist but does not. 「虚像」 also covers a false image deliberately built up around a person.
• Related錯覚さっかくNeutralAn illusion of the senses, or a mistaken belief — taking one thing for another. 「虚像」 centers on an image that has been crafted.
• Related幻まぼろしNeutralA phantom or illusion; also something dreamlike and rarely seen, as in 「幻の名酒」.
• Related幻象WrittenA rare, written-style word for an illusory scene or vision. In most cases 「幻影」 or 「幻」 is used instead.
• Antonym実像じつぞうNeutralThe true picture or real face of a person or thing; in optics, a real image. The direct opposite of 「虚像」.
• Antonym実体じったいNeutralThe substance or actual entity of a thing. It contrasts with 「虚像」, which denotes only the surface image.

Optical virtual images and false images built up by the media take 「虚像」, as in 「スターの虚像」. For phantoms say 「幻」 or 「幻影」; for sensory or mental mistakes 「錯覚」; for the true picture 「実像」; for the actual substance 「実体」.

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1. 物体ぶったいから発はっせられた光線こうせんが鏡かがみやレンズの屈折くっせつや反射はんしゃのために発散はっさんすることにより、実際じっさいとは異ことなる場所ばしょに存在そんざいするかのように見みえる、その物体ぶったいの像ぞう。
2. 実態じったいとは異ことなる印象いんしょう。多おおくの場合ばあい、実態じったいよりも良よい印象いんしょうを指さす。