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• present participle of image.

imaging

American  

[im-uh-jing] / ˈɪm ə dʒɪŋ /

noun

• imagings
  plural

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, especially those including soft tissues.

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imaging Scientific  

/ ĭm′ĭ-jĭng /

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• imagings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of imaging

First recorded in 1660–70, for the earlier sense “imagination”; image + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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imaging imagings

Woodman, in Tuesday’s announcement, said the merger would help GoPro become a “leading American imaging and optical-solutions company, addressing important areas of national security related to cameras, optics and AI infrastructure.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Thermal imaging shows that six of Ras Laffan’s 14 production lines are online, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

A new study suggests that brain imaging could reveal changes linked to Alzheimer's disease more than seven years earlier than researchers previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

The announcement also noted GoPro’s imaging and optical technology, as well as its more than 2,500 U.S. patents.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Some involves imaging, Dr. Atchley does that, too, but it is more the domain of scientists like Dr. Gazzaley.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Brogan: All right, so you’re looking at all of these computerized imagings of brains and spinal cords I assume, as well?

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2017

The campus was impressive for what happened within its walls: chest crackings, organ transplants, molecular imagings, genetic probes, and virtually any other medical service known in the advanced world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

He was beginning to be with her constantly - to come to her with all his doings, and his imagings, and his hopes.

From Winding Paths by Gertrude Page

Lords," saith he, "These imagings are right fair, and he that had them made is full loyal, and dearly loved the lady and her son for whom he had them made.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans

So he felt as, late that night, he leant upon his window sill and stared out at the darkness that was the background for his imagings of what was to come.

From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse