Definitions for imaginary
ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr iimag·i·nary

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginary(adj)

   (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

2. fanciful, imaginary, notional(adj)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. imaginary(Noun)

   Imagination; fancy.

2. imaginary(Noun)

   An imaginary quantity.

3. imaginary(Adjective)

   existing only in the imagination

4. imaginary(Adjective)

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

Origin: From imaginarius, from imago.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Imaginary(adj)

   existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal

2. Imaginary(noun)

   an imaginary expression or quantity

How to pronounce imaginary?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say imaginary in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of imaginary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of imaginary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of imaginary in a Sentence

1. Emo Phillips:

   I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

2. Simone Weil:

   We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

3. Oliver Goldsmith:

   Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

4. Aaron Machado:

   The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.

5. Alireza Salehi Nejad:

   If you want to criticize someone, do not compare him with an imaginary creature but yourself.

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