avatars

[av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr]

av·a·tar

[av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr]
noun
1.
Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2.
an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
3.
Digital Technology. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.
4.
(in science fiction) a hybrid creature, composed of human and alien DNA and remotely controlled by the mind of a genetically matched human being.

Origin:
1775–85; < Sanskrit avatāra a passing down, equivalent to ava down + -tāra a passing over
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