Avatar

Word AVATAR
Character 6
Hyphenation av a tar
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Definitions and meanings of "Avatar"

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

An embodiment or manifestation, as of a quality or concept. noun

A temporary manifestation or aspect of a continuing entity. noun

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. noun

In Hindu myth., the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god. noun

Hence A remarkable appearance, manifestation, or embodiment of any kind; a descent into a lower sphere; an adorable or wonderful exhibition of an abstract idea, principle, etc., in concrete form: as, “The Irish Avatar” (a poem by Byron on a visit of George IV. to Ireland); “the avatar of mathematics,” noun

The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu. noun

An incarnation, embodiment or personification of a principle, quality, or attitude; -- used of people, mostly in a positive sense as a manifestation of a behavior or character worthy of admiration. noun

In Hinduism the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. noun

The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification. noun

A digital representation or handle of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. i.e. 3D, animated, photo, sketch noun

A new personification of a familiar idea noun

The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form noun

The incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.

The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification.

A digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room.

An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo." Urban Dictionary

1. In Hinduism, and avatar (or avatara) is a deity who descends from heaven to earth to help humanity and restore balance between good and bad during a period of great evil. 2. In the amazing American Nickelodeon TV show Avater: the last airbender (ATLA) created by Mike Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (called "Bryke" by ATLA fans), an avatar is a person who's able to bend and master all the four elements and thereby keeps balance into the world. ATLA was heavily influenced by Asian cultures, the definition of an avatar in the show is based on and derived from the definition of an avatar in Hinduism. 3. an Avatar in the 2009 James Cameron movie is a Na'vi-human hybrid. Basically, it's a Na'vi (original inhabitants of a fictional planet called "Pandora") who's mentally controlled by a genetically matching human. Urban Dictionary

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1) A small picture beneath a persons username in posts on forums. 2) Some kind of incarnation of a god. Urban Dictionary

One of the many incarnations of the Hindu God, Shiva / Vishnu / Brahma Urban Dictionary

The Incarnation Of A Great And Powerful God, One Who Has Knowledge Over All Things And Beings And Is Supreme. Urban Dictionary

1. A cool (or not cool) pic that appears below your name on forum sites. 2. The personification of something infinite, usually a god. Urban Dictionary

1) An incarnation of a diety or a supernatural being in the physical world. 2) A digital representation of a person who lives only through the internet. Urban Dictionary

1. Something that represents a person/place/thing/ect. Often online they are normally little icons used in IM's and other chat. 2. The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form. Urban Dictionary

A small image that appears below your name in an internet forum. Urban Dictionary

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The word "avatar" in example sentences

* @param string $avatar Users assigned avatar name ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where even the word avatar is Asian (Hindu). addition to the Chinese characters above the title. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Recently, the term avatar has been used to signify "an interactive representation of a human in a virtual reality environment", ❋ Ed Poor (2010)

Daisies - flowers of some kind for my avatar is a great idea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since my avatar is a Japanese hunting badge, Kanagawa Prefecture, from 1958, the year I was born (in case you missed that post way back when) ... that would be 51. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The AR in my avatar is a Rock River 24 1-in-8 twist varmint model with a 4. 5-30x50 Bushnell 6500 on it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ya avatar is the highest grossing film of all time, but i read somewhere that it's only like 25th or somethin in terms of ticket sales. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Courtney, your avatar is a pretty cute picture, too! ❋ Nalini Singh (2008)

His still-fresh, still-­astounding cyberpunk parody "Snow Crash" 1992 standardized use of the Sanskrit word "avatar" to denote virtual human identities and came impressively close to predicting how the Internet would come to be understood, which is to say as a "metaverse" paradoxically larger than the world that enfolds it. ❋ By TOM BISSELL (2011)

Recently, the term avatar has been used to signify "an interactive representation of ❋ Unknown (2010)

With them are Hesperus (the semi-amnesiac golden robot who is a member of The Machine People race) and Dr. Meninx (a cranky aquatic being who uses a paper-thin avatar to communicate with non-aquatics) as well as several other Gentian shatterlings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in [SNOW CRASH], by [Neal Stephenson], in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. [Stephenson] got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities. ❋ LarstaiT (2003)

1. Krishna is one of the most widely known Hindu avatars. 2. [Aang] has to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Lord because he is [the avatar]. 3. Humans created avatars to improve their relations with the [Na'vi]. ❋ Xiao Ling (2010)

[two dogs] fighting over [treats] is the same thing as [two dudes] fighting over an avatar. ❋ Rtrain 5000 (2009)

1) user's avatar is [a piece of crap]. 2) Fear [the Avatar] of [Zeus]! ❋ Anon. (2003)

I'm not going to steal that watch - [surely] an avatar will [come to] [smite] me! ❋ Roximily (2004)

webavatar [is god] ❋ Harry Bawlz (2003)

1. He had a [Boohbah] avatar so I hired a hitman to kill him. 2. My friends say he's [the Avatar] of [Apollo] because he's so sexy. ❋ Cortana Dragoon (2005)

1) The [Kalki] avatar of [Sri Krishna] is going to [wreck havoc] when he comes. 2) Any old yahoo! avatar ❋ Gunkglumb (2005)

1. An avatar of the US. might be an [Eagle], while [the avatar] of say Canada would be a [maple leaf]. ❋ Zenny (2005)

I have a [Porsche] avatar for my [account] ❋ Steve "Inferno18" Crilly (2002)

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