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• present participle of image.

imaging

American  

[im-uh-jing] / ˈɪm ə dʒɪŋ /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of imaging

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

Example Sentences

One of these methods is X-ray fluorescence imaging.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Lower costs created the modern space economy, enabling communications, Earth imaging, and defense applications.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

For this study, a different satellite imaging system was used to map the forests in more detail, showing far greater numbers of new trees compared to previous studies.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“This strip of film, that’s the highest quality imaging format that’s ever been devised,” he told former CBS correspondent Scott Pelley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Yesterday they’d taken Tally’s final measurements, rolling her all the way through an imaging tube.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld