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imaginary

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im·ag·i·nar·y

[ih-maj-uh-ner-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
adjective
1.
existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
noun
2.
Mathematics. imaginary number.

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quantity; number represented by a figure or symbol, a point in the range of a function
the process of determining the answer to a problem, or the answer itself

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin imāginārius, equivalent to imāgin-, (stem of imāgō) image + -ārius -ary

im·ag·i·nar·i·ly, adverb
im·ag·i·nar·i·ness, noun
non·im·ag·i·nar·i·ly, adverb
non·im·ag·i·nar·i·ly·ness, noun
non·im·ag·i·nar·i·ness, noun
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non·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjective
pre·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjective
un·im·ag·i·nar·y, adjective
COLLAPSE

imaginary, imaginative.


1. fanciful, visionary, shadowy, chimerical, baseless, illusory.


1. real.

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Example Sentences
  • Complex numbers, a hybrid of the imaginary and the real, are the pinnacle of number systems.
  • These prohibitions and quite a few more turn out to be imaginary monsters under the bed.
  • It is a plausible biography-given the necessary addition of animal spirits-but an imaginary one.
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imaginary (ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ, -dʒɪnrɪ)
 
adj
1.  existing in the imagination; unreal; illusory
2.  maths involving or containing imaginary numbers. The imaginary part of a complex number, z, is usually written Imz
 
im'aginarily
 
adv
 
im'aginariness
 
n

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