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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

To investigate, the team used scanning 3D X-ray diffraction, a sophisticated imaging method that reveals how atoms are arranged deep within a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

At Biohub, Carragher and David Agard, the organization's founding scientific director of imaging, jointly lead the Dynamic Structural Cell Biology group.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Glaeser demonstrated that cooling specimens helped preserve them during imaging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Nobel Committee praised the technology, explaining that cryo-EM “both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules. This method has moved biochemistry into a new era.”

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 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

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

She would have faithfulness to facts, but no limitation of vision; she would have the imagings exact and legitimate, but she would give our moral and intellectual insights no narrow bounds.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke

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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