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imagery

imagery

31 4.0
Photographs taken from planes or satellites used for maps and study
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmɪdʒəri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : imagen (fotográfica)
  • DSP Control Center will automatically upload the latest satellite imagery of a subject area.
  • satellite imagery
  • aerial imagery
  • digital imagery

Now think about that satellite imagery, all this other stuff is not confidential.

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Examples

  • According to your satellite imagery, Mr. Weyland... the pyramid is located directly beneath it.

  • The report included detailed imagery captured from drones, highlighting the effects of the recent disaster.

  • And the whole of my career had been spent making digital imagery for other people, not for myself.

  • We have a little computer imagery to show you what it was.

  • Van, give me the sat imagery of the hotel roof.

  • Here we have the satellite imagery.

  • Satellite imagery tells me enemy personnel are now leaving their headquarters there.

  • - Well, it's kind of delicate, but I need to speak to an expert in digital imagery.

  • Satellite imagery shows Shredder's reached the top of Sacks Tower.

  • Museum collections house a wide array of specimens bearing flag imagery with over forty different tribal attributions.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

picture
vsimagery
1.0

An image like a drawing or photograph that shows something

is specialised to aerial or satellite capture for mapping and analysis
photo
vsimagery
1.0

A picture made with a camera, printed or digital

is gathered from airborne or satellite platforms for analysis and mapping
image
vsimagery
1.0

A picture showing a person or thing

is limited to aerial or satellite visuals used as data for mapping
photograph
vsimagery
860 1.4

A picture taken with a camera of a person, place, or thing

is captured from aircraft or satellites and used as technical mapping data
mosaic
vsimagery
  • Specialized
2 7.0

A set of aerial photos joined to make one large map image

is specifically collected from aircraft or satellites for mapping and analysis

Compounds

vivid imagery
  • Literature
1 4.0

Words that make a clear strong picture in your mind

mental imagery
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Ability to make pictures in your mind of things that are not there

How Detailed

Landsat
  • Specialized
1 6.0
imagery
  • Specialized
31 4.0
photograph
860 1.4
image
1.0

Surface Forms

imagery singular
imagery plural

Morphology

imagery = image (transparent) = image + ry

A direct extension meaning a set or collection of images (photographs); this is a clear and regular nominal extension of 'image'.

Etymology

Imagery comes from the Latin imago, meaning 'picture', and is the same root as image and imagine. So in mapping and science, imagery means real 'pictures', like photographs taken from aircraft or satellites, used to study and plan places.