snapshot

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A photograph taken with a small hand-held camera.
2. n. An isolated observation: a sociopolitical snapshot of the electorate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A sudden or quick shot, literally or figuratively; in photography, the instantaneous taking of a picture as with a detective camera, or with one of the many portable cameras.
2. Pertaining to or taken by a snapshot, as a photograph; adapted to the taking of instantaneous photographs: as, a snap-shot camera.
3. Hence, executed rapidly or sketchily.
4. To take a photographic snap-shot of.
5. To take photographs with a snap-shot camera.

Wiktionary

1. n. A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a moment of opportunity.
2. n. A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
3. n. computing A file or set of files captured at a particular time, capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
4. n. soccer A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
5. v. transitive To take a snapshot of.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.
2. n. A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
3. n. (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
4. n. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.
5. n. a brief summary or appraisal, especially one that describes the state of a situation at one particular time.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera