Imaging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Image \Im"age\ ([i^]m"[asl]j; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imaged}
     ([i^]m"[asl]jd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Imaging}.]
     1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake
        imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. "Shrines
        of imaged saints." --J. Warton.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of
        by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
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              Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,
              And image charms he must behold no more. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imaging
       n 1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
            could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: {imagination},
             {imagery}, {mental imagery}]
       2: (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
          [syn: {tomography}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  imaging
       
           The production of graphic {images}, either from a
          video camera or from digitally generated data (see
          {visualisation}), or the recording of such images on
          microfilm, videotape or laser disk.
       
          See also {scanner}.
       
          (1997-07-20)