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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

That glare makes it difficult for standard imaging methods to separate a planet from nearby dust structures and other sources of light.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Researchers again recorded brain activity with EEG during the trip and repeated the same psychological and imaging assessments over the weeks that followed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mr. Tisch describes what makes Atria different: “I have $25 million worth of imaging equipment here in New York.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Citi also sees support for Telix’s stock as it approaches the potential resubmission of kidney-cancer imaging agent Zircaix and potential approval and launch of brain-cancer imaging agent Pixclara.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“It’s part of the imaging mechanics of the machine,” he explained.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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 Page, Gertrude

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

From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George

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 Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)