| Pronunciation: | | `avu'târ
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
- [n] a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
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| | Synonyms: | | embodiment, incarnation |
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| | See Also: | | deification, Hindu deity, Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut, Kalki, Krishna, personification, Rama, reincarnation |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Av`a*tar"\, n. [Skr. avat[^a]ra descent; ava from + root
t[.r] to cross, pass over.]
1. (Hindoo Myth.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his
incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated
with the incarnations of Vishnu.
2. Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or
admiration.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 1. 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. [jargon file] |
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| | See Also: | | chat, virtual reality |
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| | Related Terms: | | angelophany, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, Buddha, catabolism, catalysis, Christophany, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, consubstantiation, disclosure, displacement, dissemination, embodiment, emergence, epiphany, evidence, evincement, exposure, expression, forthcoming, heterotopia, incarnation, indication, issuance, Jagannath, Juggernaut, Kurma, manifestation, materialization, materializing, Matsya, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, Narsinh, occurrence, opening, Parshuram, permutation, pneumatophany, presentation, proof, publication, Rama, realization, reincarnation, revelation, rise, rising, Satanophany, showing, showing forth, sport, theophany, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transposition, transubstantiation, unfolding, unfoldment, Vaman, Varah |
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