Visualization (graphic) , as in any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate any message.
Scientific Visualization , a branch of computer graphics which is concerned with the presentation of potentially huge quantities of laboratory, simulation or abstract data to aid cognition, hypotheses building and reasoning
Knowledge Visualization , a sub discipline of Information Design and Instructional Message Design.
Product Visualization , visualization software technology for manufacture of components and large assemblies of products.
in psychology:
The process of creating internal Mental Images (internal visualization and imagination)
