imager
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈɪmɪdʒər/
- Specialized
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capturador de imágenes
- We use a thermal imager to detect heat loss in the building.
- CCD imagers
- frame imager
- x-ray imagers
Has anybody listened to an fMRI machine, an imager, very loud, right.
- Has anybody listened to an fMRI machine, an imager, very loud, right.
- Somehow using a scintillation counter or using these phosphor imagers, you can quantitate the amount of radioactivity you have present.
- That's for my Segway boomerang Starbucks odometer readings imager.
Examples
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"The thermal imager is a handheld device about the size of an 8-mm camcorder," explains Leonard.
Academic text (2003) -
Light from the laser imagers plays across Finnegan's face.
Fiction book (1998) -
- Well, the imager was damaged, sir.
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The rangers are en route with the imager, but we also have a security issue.
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Police searched the zoo twice, once with a thermal imager, but found no one.
Blog text (6) -
So here's what happens when I point the acoustic imager at the sound.
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Can't even feel it, but just to make sure, let's get our thermal imager here and see if we see anything.
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This is a high-end infrared imager.
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It's a thermal imager that can detect termites behind walls and in other hard-to-reach places.
Academic text (2003) -
The photosensitive surface of this full-frame imager is 20.5 x 16.4 mm.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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2.5
A person who takes pictures with a camera, often as a job
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8.6
A person who takes photos or makes films professionally
A person who takes X-ray or other medical images for doctors to use
How Specialized
- Specialized
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5.9
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imager comes from image ('picture' or 'likeness') plus the ending -er ('one who makes'). So an imager is a person or device that makes or takes pictures, which is why the word is used for cameras and scientific picture-makers.