/ ˈɪmɪdʒəri; NAmE / noun [ U ]
1.
language that produces pictures in the minds of people reading or listening :
poetic imagery
—see also metaphor
2.
( formal ) pictures, photographs, etc. :
satellite imagery (= for example, photographs of the earth taken from space)
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the senses statuary, carved images collectively ): from Old French imagerie , from imager make an image, from image , from Latin imago .