Associations to the word «Imaginary»

Wiktionary

IMAGINARY, adjective. Existing only in the imagination.
IMAGINARY, adjective. (mathematics) of a number, having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.
IMAGINARY, noun. Imagination; fancy. [from 16th c.]
IMAGINARY, noun. (mathematics) An imaginary quantity. [from 18th c.]
IMAGINARY AXES, noun. Plural of imaginary axis
IMAGINARY AXIS, noun. (mathematics) The vertical line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a complex number having zero real component
IMAGINARY NUMBER, noun. (complex analysis) A number of the form ai, where a is a real number and i the imaginary unit
IMAGINARY NUMBERS, noun. Plural of imaginary number
IMAGINARY PART, noun. (complex analysis) Of a complex number a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, the value b.
IMAGINARY PARTS, noun. Plural of imaginary part
IMAGINARY UNIT, noun. (complex analysis) A complex number, usually denoted with i, that is defined as \(i^2 = -1\)
IMAGINARY UNITS, noun. Plural of imaginary unit

Dictionary definition

IMAGINARY, noun. (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1.
IMAGINARY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley