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imaginary

noun

1 imaginary

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

synonyms: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number.

Dutch: imaginair getal, complex getal

adjective

1 imaginary

Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination:
— A small child's imaginary friends.

synonyms: fanciful, notional.

Roget 84: numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable.    proportional, exponential, logarithmic, ... show more

Roget 515: imagined etc. v.; ben trovato [It]; air drawn, airbuilt.    imagining etc. v., imaginative; original, inventive, creative, fertile.    ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Barmecidal, Barmecide, abstract, air-built, airy, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, apparent, apparitional, autistic, cardinal, chimeric, chimerical, cloud-built, deceptive, decimal, delusional, delusionary, delusive ... show more.

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