hero image

noun

An eye-catching, prominent image, used as an over-sized (almost background-like) header.

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Meanings

nounhero image (plural hero images)

plural hero images

  1. computingAn eye-catching, prominent image, used as an over-sized (almost background-like) header.

    With the thumbnails in place we can concentrate on the hero image. Click the current full size image until the hero image is the active object.

    2014, David Asch, Creative Web Design with Adobe Muse, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 66
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