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Dictionary: i·mag·i·nar·y   (ĭ-măj'ə-nĕr'ē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
  2. Mathematics.
    1. Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.
    2. Of, involving, or being an imaginary number.
    3. Involving only a complex number of which the real part is zero.
n. Mathematics, pl., -ies.
An imaginary number.

imaginarily i·mag'i·nar'i·ly adv.
imaginariness i·mag'i·nar'i·ness n.

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adj

Definition: fictitious, invented
Antonyms: actual, existing, factual, genuine, physical, real, substantial, true


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Existing only in the mind.

pronunciation Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. — Marianne Moore (1887-1972).

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Imaginary can refer to:

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Common misspelling(s) of imaginary

  • imagenary
  • imaginery

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tænkt, indbildt, fingeret, imaginær
n. - tilfældigt tal

Nederlands (Dutch)
denkbeeldig, imaginair

Français (French)
adj. - imaginaire
n. - imaginaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - imaginär, eingebildet
n. - (Math.) imaginäre Größe

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φανταστικός, πλασματικός, ανύπαρκτος, ανυπόστατος

Italiano (Italian)
immaginario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imaginário

Русский (Russian)
воображаемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - imaginario, ficticio, ilusorio
n. - número imaginario, el imaginario colectivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inbillad, fantasi-, fingerad, imaginär (äv. matem.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
想像中的, 幻想的, 虚构的, 虚数的, 虚数

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 想像中的, 幻想的, 虛構的, 虛數的
n. - 虛數

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상상의, 허수의
n. - 허수

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 想像上の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خيالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דימיוני‬
n. - ‮מספר דימיוני - שורש ריבועי של מספר שלילי (מתמטיקה)‬


 
 
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