imaging Definition

image
noun

1. A likeness of a person or thing, especially in the form of a portrait or statue.

Thesaurus: representation, likeness, model, photograph, reproduction, reflection, copy, facsimile, effigy, idol, icon.
2. Someone or something that resembles another person or thing closely. See also spitting image.

Example: He's the image of his father
Thesaurus: dead ringer (slang), splitting image (slang).
3. An idea or picture in the mind.

Thesaurus: impression, perception, conception, concept.
Form: mental image (also)
4. The visual display reproduced by a television receiver.
5. The impression that people in general have of someone's character, behaviour, etc.

Form: public image (also)
6. In literature, etc: a simile or metaphor.
7. optics.
An optical reproduction of a physical object formed by light reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens.
Example: The light rays are focused to form an image on the retina
8. physics.
Any reproduction of a physical object formed by sound waves or electromagnetic radiation originating from or reflected by the object, eg an ultrasound scan or an X-ray photograph.
9. psychol.
A mental picture or representation resulting from thought or memory rather than from sensory perception. See also imago.
10. A typical example or embodiment of something.

verb imaged, imaging

1. To form a likeness or image of something or someone.
2. medicine.
To produce a pictorial representation of (a body part) for diagnostic purposes, using eg X-ray, ultrasound or CT scanning, etc.
3. To form a mental image of something or someone; to imagine.
4. To mirror, or form an optical image of, something.
5. To portray.
6. To be a typical example of something.

Derivative: imaging
noun

Etymology: 13c: from Latin imago a likeness.