(idiomatic) A written description, often biographical.

(figuratively) To become part of, to become relevant.

A phonograph record with images on the playable surface, rather than plain vinyl.

plural of picture disc

A postcard bearing a picture. / (when used attributively, figuratively) Scenic, like the image on a postcard.

(quantum mechanics) An intermediate representation between the Schrödinger picture and the Heisenberg picture, useful in dealing with changes to the wave functions and observables due to interactions.

(quantum mechanics) A formulation of quantum mechanics in which the operators (observables and others) incorporate a dependency on time, but the state vectors are time-independent, an arbitrary fixed basis rigidly underlying the theory. It stands in contrast to the Schrödinger picture in which the operators are constant, and further serves to define a third, hybrid picture, the interaction picture.

(quantum mechanics) Synonym of interaction picture

plural of picture sort

(art) A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.