Archetype

The term archetype denotes:

• in the Baroque era one archetype , original , Ideal or the idea
• In cartography, the surface of a body that is mapped onto a map by a projection, see archetype (cartography)
• in mathematics all elements that are mapped into a given set by a function, see archetype (mathematics)
• in analytical psychology (CGJung) the representation of the archetypes through archetypes ( archetypal symbols )

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Wiktionary: archetype  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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