English Words Starting With I

• image printer

  nounLow in general conversation; Medium within photography, design, and office technology contexts.
  /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ ˌprɪn.tər/A hardware device that produces physical copies of digital images, often on photographic paper or other specialized media.
• image processing

  nounC1
  /ˈɪmɪdʒ ˌprəʊsesɪŋ/A computer-based method of analysing and manipulating digital images to enhance, extract information, or alter them.
• image tube

  nounVery Low / Obsolete Technical
  /ˈɪmɪdʒ tjuːb/A specialized vacuum tube that converts invisible light (such as infrared or X-rays) into a visible image, or amplifies a faint visible image.
• imagemaker

  nounC1
  /ˈɪmɪdʒˌmeɪkə/A person or organization that creates, crafts, or manages public images, reputations, or visual identities, often for others.
• imager

  nounLow
  /ˈɪmɪdʒə/A device or system that captures or produces images, especially in scientific, medical, or technical contexts.
• imagery

  nounB2
  /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ.ər.i/visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work; visual symbolism or images collectively.
• imagesetter

  nounVery Low (Technical)
  /ˈɪm.ɪdʒˌset.ər/A device that takes electronic page layout data and produces high-resolution photographic film or paper, ready for printing.
• imaginary

  adjectivenounB2
  /ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ri/Existing only in the mind; not real or actual.
• imaginary axis

  nounC2
  /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i ˈæk.sɪs/The vertical axis on the complex plane, on which the imaginary part of complex numbers is plotted.
• imaginary number

  nounC2
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i ˈnʌm.bər/A number that when squared gives a negative result, expressed as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i (√-1).
• imaginary part

  nounLow
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i ˈpɑːt/The coefficient of the imaginary unit 'i' in a complex number of the form a + bi.
• imaginary runner

  nounLow (C2)
  /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri ˈrʌnə/An invented or fictional person who participates in a race or running event, often used metaphorically.
• imaginary unit

  nounTechnical
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i ˈjuː.nɪt/In mathematics, the fundamental imaginary number denoted by the symbol i, defined as the square root of -1.
• imagination

  nounB2
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/The mental ability or faculty to form images, ideas, or concepts of things not present to the senses or not experienced in reality.
• imagine

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB1
  /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/To form a mental image or concept of something not present to the senses or not yet real.
• imagineer

  nounRare
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈnɪə/To combine imagination with engineering; to design and create innovative concepts, particularly in themed entertainment.
• imagineering

  nounLow
  /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈnɪə.rɪŋ/The creative process of designing and building imaginative concepts into tangible reality.
• imaging

  nounC1
  /ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/The process or result of creating visual representations of the interior of a body or an object, especially for clinical analysis or medical diagnosis.
• imagism

  nounC2
  /ˈɪm.ə.dʒɪ.zəm/A literary movement in early 20th-century poetry that emphasized direct treatment of subject matter, precise imagery, and free verse.
• imago

  nounC2
  /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/The final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically after metamorphosis.

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