What does imaginary mean?
Definitions for imaginary
ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr iimag·i·na·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word imaginary.
Princeton's WordNet
complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginaryadjective
(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
fanciful, imaginary, notionaladjective
not based on fact; unreal
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
Wiktionary
imaginarynoun
Imagination; fancy.
imaginarynoun
An imaginary quantity.
imaginaryadjective
existing only in the imagination
imaginaryadjective
of a number, having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.
Etymology: From imaginarius, from imago.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Imaginaryadjective
Etymology: imaginaire, French, from imagine.
False sorrow's eye,
Which, for things true, weeps things imaginary. William Shakespeare.Expectation whirls me round:
Th' imaginary relish is so sweet,
That it enchants my sense. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.Fortune is nothing else but a power imaginary, to which the successes of human actions and endeavours were for their variety ascribed. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
Why wilt thou add, to all the griefs I suffer,
Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? Joseph Addison, Cato.
ChatGPT
imaginary
Imaginary refers to something that is not real or present, but produced by the mind, fantasy, or exists only in theory, not in reality. It's often used in the context of math and physics where an imaginary number is a complex number that can be written as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit 'i', which is defined by its property 'i' squared equals to -1.
Webster Dictionary
Imaginaryadjective
existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal
Imaginarynoun
an imaginary expression or quantity
Suggested Resources
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of imaginary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of imaginary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of imaginary in a Sentence
We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.
In this case, the District Attorney's conflict of interest is not imaginary. It apparently stems from his loyalty to his law enforcement partners at the expense of his other constitutional and statutory obligations.
Article 3 of Nixon's impeachment was obstruction of Congress, refusing to obey defined congressional subpoenas, pleading imaginary privilege, and obviously that's what The President has been doing. Richard Nixon wasn't foolish to say in advance that Richard Nixon's going to defy all congressional subpoenas... and today we saw a witness instructed by the White House completely contemptuous of Congress who refused to answer relevant questions. Just another instance of obstruction of Congress and that's what Article 3 of the Richard Nixon impeachment was.
Prejudice is the conjurer of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, overpowering reason, making strong men weak and weak men weaker. God give us the large hearted charity which "bearth all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things," which "thinks no evil."
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction.
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- denkbeeldig, imaginêrAfrikaans
- خياليArabic
- কাল্পনিকBengali
- imaginariCatalan, Valencian
- pomyslný, imaginárníCzech
- imaginær, fantasi-Danish
- eingebildet, imaginärGerman
- φανταστικόςGreek
- imaginarioSpanish
- imaginaari-, kuvitteellinen, imaginaarinenFinnish
- imaginaireFrench
- samhlaithe, samhlaitheach, samhailteachIrish
- mac-meanmnachScottish Gaelic
- imaxinarioGalician
- imaginárius, képzetes, képzeletbeliHungarian
- երեւակայականArmenian
- imajiner, khayal, khayalanIndonesian
- fiktiva, imaginita, imaginalaIdo
- immaginarioItalian
- ដែលមានតែក្នុងមនោគតិKhmer
- phantasticus, imaginariusLatin
- iedomāts, imaginārsLatvian
- काल्पनिकMarathi
- denkbeeldig, imaginairDutch
- innbiltNorwegian
- urojona, zmyślonyPolish
- imaginárioPortuguese
- imaginarRomanian
- воображаемый, вымышленный, мнимыйRussian
- imaginärSwedish
- -a kubuniSwahili
- sanalTurkish
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