Definition of imaging Imaging

/ɪˈmɪʤɪŋ/ - [imijing] - im•ag•ing

We found 7 definitions of imaging from 4 different sources.

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What does imaging mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: imagings

imaging - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
  tomography
  pictorial representation, picturing visual representation as by photography or painting
  medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
  x-raying, x-radiation obtaining images by the use of X rays
  echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
  positron emission tomography, pet using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
  magnetic resonance imaging, mri the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
imaging - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
  imagination, imagery, mental imagery
  representational process any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
  mind's eye the imaging of remembered or invented scenes; "I could see her clearly in my mind's eye"
  vision the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
  envisioning, picturing visual imagery
  dreaming, dream a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
  chimera, chimaera a grotesque product of the imagination
  evocation imaginative re-creation
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • imaging (Noun)
    The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
  • imaging (Noun)
    The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
  • imaging (Verb)
    Present participle of image.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • imaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Image

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  • imaging, verb, gerund of image (infinitive).
  • imaging, noun, singular of imagings.

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