Imaginary

What do we mean by imaginary?

Having existence only in the imagination; unreal. adjective

Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number. adjective

Of, involving, or being an imaginary number. adjective

Involving only a complex number of which the real part is zero. adjective

An imaginary number. noun

Existing only in imagination or fancy; due to erroneous belief or conception; not real; baseless; fancied: opposed to actual.

In mathematics, unreal and feigned in accordance with the theory of imaginary quantities.

Synonyms Ideal, fanciful, fancied, visionary, unreal, shadowy, Utopian. Imaginary and imaginative are never synonymous: imaginary means existing only in the imagination; imaginative means possessed of or showing an active imagination.

In algebra, an imaginary expression or quantity. noun

An imaginary expression or quantity. noun

Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. adjective

See under Calculus. adjective

An algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, √-9, a + b √-1. adjective

Points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. adjective

Existing only in the imagination adjective

Of a number, having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1. adjective

Imagination; fancy.

An imaginary quantity.

The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.

Words that are spelled similarly to imaginary:
imaginary, imaginar, imaginate, imaginal, imaginarily, imaginably, imaginer, imaginant, imagina, imaginario, imaginaire, imaginers.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word imaginary:
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Words that rhyme with imaginary:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe imaginary:
social, pure, national, cultural, political, female, collective, male, american, popular, real, masculine, democratic, western, global, colonial, feminine, modern, radical, transnational, heterosexual, white, sexual, european, spatial, dominant, negative, historical, positive, urban, philosophical, imperial, contemporary, diasporic, lacanian, racial, maternal, conjugate, geographical, mere, decolonial, alternative, symbolic, patriarchal, technological, australian, medieval, geographic, double, cinematic, utopian, visual, gay, feminist, liberal, canadian, racist, bourgeois, regional, fascist, erotic, analytic, least, geopolitical, century, masculinist, postmodern, hegemonic, immigrant, socialist, mexican.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective imaginary:
line, part, world, axis, lines, parts, numbers, conversation, beings, person, conversations, friend, audience, ones, space, character, characters, plane, worlds, case, companions, objects, dialogue, friends, situation, picture, object, circle, component, being, roots, companion, scene, surface, persons, situations, journey, danger, dangers, figure, creatures, country, playmates, scenes, fears, sphere, island, enemy, points, evils, events, figures, enemies, trip, story, landscape, city, opponent, realm, playmate, terrors, crimes, unit, voyage, ball, portraits, past, construction, experiment, grievances, quantities, pictures, letters, father, relation, play, foe, portrait, existence.

Words that sound like imaginary:
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