ALL meanings of avatar
av·a·tar
A a - countable noun avatar An avatar is an image that represents you on the screen in an online game or chatroom 3
- noun avatar the manifestation of a deity, notably Vishnu, in human, superhuman, or animal form 3
- noun avatar a visible manifestation or embodiment of an abstract concept; archetype 3
- noun avatar a movable image that represents a person in a virtual reality environment or in cyberspace 3
- noun avatar a god appearing on earth in bodily form; incarnation of a god 3
- noun avatar any incarnation or embodiment, as of a quality or concept in a person 3
- noun Technical meaning of avatar 1. (chat, virtual reality) An image representing a user in a multi-user virtual reality (or VR-like, in the case of Palace) space. 2. (CMU, Tektronix) root, superuser. There are quite a few Unix computers on which the name of the superuser account is "avatar" rather than "root". This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who disliked the term "superuser", and was propagated through an ex-CMU hacker at Tektronix. 1
- noun avatar computing: personal icon 1
- noun avatar personification 1
- noun avatar A manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher. 1
- noun avatar Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god. 1
- noun avatar an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life. 1
- noun avatar Digital Technology. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet. 1
- noun avatar Also called avatar mouse, mouse avatar. a mouse that is implanted with cells or tissue freshly extracted from a human being, as to test drug therapies for an individual patient or to study a disease process: Researchers transplanted samples of the patient’s tumor into specially bred avatars. 1
- noun avatar (in science fiction) a hybrid creature, composed of human and alien DNA and remotely controlled by the mind of a genetically matched human being. 1
- noun avatar (Hinduism) the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. 0
- noun avatar The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification. 0
- noun avatar (computing or gaming) 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 of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room. 0