Imaginary Definition

ĭ-măjə-nĕrē
imaginaries
adjective
Existing only in the imagination; fanciful; unreal.
Webster's New World
Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.
American Heritage
Of, involving, or being an imaginary number.
American Heritage
Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real.
Webster's New World
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noun
An imaginary number.
American Heritage

Imagination; fancy. [from 16th c.]

Wiktionary
(mathematics) An imaginary quantity. [from 18th c.]
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Other Word Forms of Imaginary

Noun

Singular:
imaginary
Plural:
imaginaries

Origin of Imaginary

  • From Middle French imaginaire, from Latin imāginārius (“relating to images, fancied”), from imāgo.

    From Wiktionary

Imaginary Sentence Examples

  • He paused at the door and mimed a jump shot at an imaginary hoop.

  • It is an imaginary history of the patriarchs and their descendants.

  • I can get into enough trouble without people squeezing imaginary insults out of my words.

  • All that is recorded, in any literature, of what pretend to be the actual words spoken by living or imaginary people is of the nature of dialogue.

  • It may be remarked that we cannot with a real point and line obtain the node with two imaginary tangents (conjugate or isolated point or acnode), nor again the real double tangent with two imaginary points of contact; but this is of little consequence, since in the general theory the distinction between real and imaginary is not attended to.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMA

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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imaginary

Words Starting With I and Ending With Y

Starts With I & Ends With YStarts With IM & Ends With YStarts With I & Ends With RY

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With I9 Letter Words Ending With Y