08/02/2013
World English Dictionary
imagery (ˈɪmɪdʒrɪ, -dʒərɪ)
— n , pl -ries
1. figurative or descriptive language in a literary work
2. images collectively
3. psychol
a. the materials or general processes of the imagination
b. image See also imagination the characteristic kind of mental images formed by a particular individual
4. military the presentation of objects reproduced photographically (by infrared or electronic means) as prints or electronic displays
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