UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(im′ə jing)
Psychology, Psychotherapya 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.
Medicinethe use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other specialized techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior of the body, esp. those including soft tissues.
image + -ing1 1660–70 for earlier sense "imagination''
im•age(im′ij),USA pronunciationn., v.,-aged, -ag•ing. n.
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
a mental representation; idea; conception.
Psychologya mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
form; appearance; semblance:We are all created in God's image.
counterpart; copy:That child is the image of his mother.
Philosophya symbol; emblem.
the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., esp. as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
a type; embodiment:Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration.
Rhetorica description of something in speech or writing:Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.
Rhetorica figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.
an idol or representation of a deity:They knelt down before graven images.
Mathematicsthe point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.
[Archaic.]an illusion or apparition.
v.t.
to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.
to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.
Photographyto project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface:Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
to set forth in speech or writing; describe.
to symbolize; typify.
to resemble.
[Informal.]to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.):The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail.
Computingto transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a CRT or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form.
Old French imagier, derivative of image
Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent. to im- (compare imitate) + -āgō noun, nominal suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English: to form a mental picture
Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix)
(noun, nominal) Middle English 1175–1225
im′age•a•ble, adj. im′ag•er, n.
1.12.Image,icon,idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship:to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint.An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like:At least two icons are found in each church.An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such:a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols.It may be used figuratively:to make an idol of wealth.2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.