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visualization - 3 dictionary results

vis⋅u⋅al⋅ize

[vizh-oo-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make visual or visible.
3. to form a mental image of.
4. to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
Also, especially British, vis⋅u⋅al⋅ise.


Origin:
1810–20; visual + -ize


vis⋅u⋅al⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
vis⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
vis⋅u⋅al⋅iz⋅er, vis⋅u⋅al⋅ist, noun
vi·su·al·ize   (vĭzh'ōō-ə-līz')   
v.   vi·su·al·ized, vi·su·al·iz·ing, vi·su·al·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To form a mental image of; envisage: tried to visualize the scene as it was described.
  2. To make visible.
v.   intr.
To form a mental image.
vi'su·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

Main Entry: vi·su·al·iza·tion
Variant: also British vi·su·al·isa·tion /"vizh-(&-)w&-l&-'zA-sh&n,"vizh-&-l&-/
Function: noun
1 : formation of mental visual images
2 : the process of making an internal organ visible by theintroduction (as by swallowing, by an injection, or by an enema) of a radiopaque substance followed by radiography
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