"ghost image" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost images [plural]
Etymology: From ghost (noun sense 3, via noun sense 4). Etymology templates: {{m|en|ghost}} ghost Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost image (plural ghost images)
  1. (photography) Any undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright source of light in the field of the optical system. Categories (topical): Photography Translations (undesired image): haamukuva (Finnish), szellemkép (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-ghost_image-en-noun-WJLwiDq4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: ghost images [plural]
Etymology: After the Norton Ghost disk-cloning and backup software tool, itself an initialism of general hardware-oriented system transfer. Etymology templates: {{m|en|general}} general, {{m|en|hardware}} hardware, {{m|en|oriented}} oriented, {{m|en|system}} system, {{m|en|transfer}} transfer Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost image (plural ghost images)
  1. (computing) A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-ghost_image-en-noun-6bMrY5~j Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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