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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

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Etymology

Origin of imaging

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

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Example Sentences

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imaging imagings

Day added that "despite a substantial increase in demand for imaging services", partnering with a third-party provider had contributed to a decline in waiting times for scans and results since April.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s also investing in seismic imaging to explore in Uruguay and Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s also using vastly improved seismic imaging and artificial intelligence tools that can sift through a century’s worth of geological data to help pinpoint potential hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Understanding how internal crystal structures influence electrical performance could eventually help scientists identify ways to improve superconducting materials, bringing more advanced energy systems, powerful magnets, medical imaging devices, and quantum technologies closer to reality.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The organic chemistry results, like the imaging and microbiology results, are all consistent with no life in the fine particles of Chryse and Utopia in the late 1970’s.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

What word so full of grace and tender imagings to any true man as that one word!

From Miracles of Our Lord by George MacDonald

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

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

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