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imager

British  
/ ˈɪmɪdʒə /

noun

  1. an electronic device that records images

    a thermal imager

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"This is our first opportunity in flight to calibrate Psyche's imager with something bigger than a few pixels, and we'll also make observations with the mission's other science instruments."

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Equipped with a hyperspectral imager, the satellite sensor captures reflected light from Earth in different wavelengths to generate detailed surface maps for various applications, including bushfire monitoring, water quality assessment and land management.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

The simplest is an imager - a camera that will take pictures of the scene passing below the spacecraft to give context to the measurements made by the other three instruments.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

But he also said overall greater resolution of the European imager helped to detect smaller and weaker lightning.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

I reach in my bag for a thermal imager, and sure enough, the area reads colder than its surroundings.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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