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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery]
2: (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body [syn: imaging, tomography]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Image Im"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Imaging.] 1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. ``Shrines of imaged saints.'' --J. Warton. 2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine. Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. --Pope.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Imaging is the process of forming images that represent things such as sound waves, temperature, chemicals, or electrical activity. (TECHNICAL) ...thermal imaging cameras.