Virtual image

Japanese: 虚像 - きょぞう
Virtual image

An image in which an object (or its image) appears to be at a certain location, even though light rays do not actually converge at that location. This term is used in contrast to a real image, in which light rays actually intersect at the image point. Generally, we see objects because light rays emitted from the object enter our eyes and create an image of the object on our retina. However, even if an object does not actually exist, if light rays enter our eyes in the same state as when the object exists, we can see the non-existent object. However, it is incorrect to think of this as a hallucination or illusion. This is because, in principle, there is no way to distinguish between light rays emitted from a real object and light rays emitted from a virtual image. The face we see in a mirror every day, and the car following us in the rearview mirror, are examples of virtual images.

[Kazuo Miyake]

[Reference] | Real Image
Virtual images created by mirrors and convex lenses
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Virtual images created by mirrors and convex lenses


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

実際には光線がその位置に集まっていないのに、その位置に物体(の像)があるように見える像のこと。光線が像のところで実際に交わっている実像に対することば。一般に物体が見えるのは、その物体から出た光線が目に入って網膜上に物体の像を生ずるからである。ところが実際には物体が存在しなくても、物体が存在しているときと同じ状態の光線が目に入ると、その存在しない物体が見える。しかしこれを幻覚または錯覚のように考えるのは正しくない。実際の物体から出た光線と、虚像から出た光線とを区別する方法は原理的には存在しないからである。日常われわれが鏡で見る自分の顔や、バックミラーに映る後続の自動車などは、虚像の例である。

[三宅和夫]

[参照項目] | 実像
鏡による虚像と凸レンズによる虚像
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鏡による虚像と凸レンズによる虚像


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