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Medicine/Medical. the use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other specialized techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior of the body, especially those including soft tissues.
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Imaging
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noun
1.
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
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a mental representation; idea; conception.
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Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
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EXPANDform; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image.
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counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother.
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a symbol; emblem.
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the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., especially as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
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a type; embodiment: Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration.
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a description of something in speech or writing: Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.
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Rhetoric. a figure of speech, especially a metaphor or a simile.
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an idol or representation of a deity: They knelt down before graven images.
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Mathematics. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.
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COLLAPSEArchaic. an illusion or apparition.
verb (used with object)
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to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.
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to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.
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to project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface: Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
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to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
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EXPANDto set forth in speech or writing; describe.
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to symbolize; typify.
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to resemble.
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Informal. to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.): The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail.
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COLLAPSEto 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.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix) < Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent to im- (compare imitate) + -āgō noun suffix; (v.) Middle English: to form a mental picture < Old French imagier, derivative of image
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix) < Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent to im- (compare imitate) + -āgō noun suffix; (v.) Middle English: to form a mental picture < Old French imagier, derivative of image
Related forms
im·age·a·ble, adjective
im·ag·er, noun
pre·im·age, noun
re·im·age, verb (used with object), -aged, -ag·ing.
un·im·aged, adjective
Synonyms
1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth. 2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.
1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth. 2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.
Antonyms
6. original.
6. original.
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Word Origin & History
image
early 13c., "artificial representation that looks like a person or thing," from O.Fr. image, earlier imagene (11c.), from L. imaginem (nom. imago) "copy, statue, picture, idea, appearance," from stem of imitari "to copy, imitate" (see imitate). Meaning "reflection in a mirror"
EXPANDis early 14c. The mental sense was in Latin, and appears in English late 14c. Sense of "public impression" is attested in isolated cases from 1908 but not in common use until its rise in the jargon of advertising and public relations, c.1958.
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Medical Dictionary
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.
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Science Dictionary
imaging  (ĭm'ĭ-jĭng) Pronunciation Key
The creation of visual representations of objects, such as a body parts or celestial bodies, for the purpose of Medical diagnosis or data collection, using any of a variety of usually computerized techniques. Within the field of medicine, important imaging technologies include compuertized axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography. |
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Computing Dictionary
imaging definition
graphicsThe 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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