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imager

British  
/ ˈɪmɪdʒə /

noun

  1. an electronic device that records images

    a thermal imager

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She is also part of the science team for NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which recently launched and carries an ice penetrating radar imager developed by UTIG.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The simplest is an imager - a camera that will take pictures of the scene passing below the spacecraft to give context to the measurements made by the other three instruments.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

The data from the imager will be useful in weather prediction, said Carlo Simoncelli, a program manager at Leonardo.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

The two placed the imager atop a tripod, then slipped away from it as the device measured the heights underneath the churches’ golden domes.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

I reach in my bag for a thermal imager, and sure enough, the area reads colder than its surroundings.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera