| imaginary | Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. "Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?" (Addison) <mathematics> Imaginary expression or quantity, 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. Synonym: Ideal, fanciful, chimerical, visionary, fancied, unreal, illusive. Origin: L. Imaginarius: cf. F. Imaginaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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