| 1. | Psychology. a technique in which one uses mental images to control bodily processes and thus ease pain or to succeed in some endeavor that one has visualized in advance. |
| 2. | Medicine/Medical. the use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other specialized techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior of the body, esp. those including soft tissues. |
noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.| 1. | a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible. |
| 2. | an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface. |
| 3. | a mental representation; idea; conception. |
| 4. | Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus. |
| 5. | form; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image. |
| 6. | counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother. |
| 7. | a symbol; emblem. |
| 8. | the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., esp. as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill. |
| 9. | a type; embodiment: Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration. |
| 10. | a description of something in speech or writing: Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language. |
| 11. | Rhetoric. a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile. |
| 12. | an idol or representation of a deity: They knelt down before graven images. |
| 13. | Mathematics. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function. |
| 14. | Archaic. an illusion or apparition. |
| 15. | to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive. |
| 16. | to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc. |
| 17. | to project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface: Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen. |
| 18. | to reflect the likeness of; mirror. |
| 19. | to set forth in speech or writing; describe. |
| 20. | to symbolize; typify. |
| 21. | to resemble. |
| 22. | Informal. to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.): The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail. |
| 23. | to transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a CRT or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form. |

image im·age (ĭm'ĭj)
n.
An optically formed duplicate or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.
A mental picture of something not real or present.
An exact copy of data in a computer file transferred to another medium.
To make or produce a likeness of.
To picture something mentally; imagine.
To translate photographs or other pictures by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer.
To visualize something, as by magnetic resonance imaging.
imaging im·ag·ing (ĭm'ĭ-jĭng)
n.
Visualization of internal body organs, tissues, or cavities using specialized instruments and techniques for diagnostic purposes.
The use of mental images to influence bodily processes, especially to control pain.
imaging graphics
The production of graphic images, either from a video camera or from digitally generated data (see visualisation), or the recording of such images on microfilm, videotape or laser disk.
See also scanner.
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