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imaginary

/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/

/ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/

imaginaryadjective

more imaginary

Comp.

most imaginary

Super.

/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/

/ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/

Translations

imaginaire

The child had an imaginary friend that she talked to every day.

L’enfant avait un ami imaginaire à qui elle parlait tous les jours.

Additional translations

irréelS’emploie surtout pour insister sur l’absence de réalité.

Definitions

Existing only in the imagination; not real.

The child had an imaginary friend that she talked to every day.

Pertaining to or involving imagination or fantasy.

The novel is set in an imaginary world filled with magical creatures.

(Mathematics) Of a number or quantity, involving or containing the square root of −1; having an imaginary unit component.

The quadratic equation has two imaginary roots.

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imaginarynoun

imaginaries

/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/

/ɪˈmædʒəˌnɛri/

Used chiefly in mathematics to mean an imaginary number.

Translations

imaginaireMathématiques.

In the expression a + bi, the term bi is the imaginary.

Dans l’expression a + bi, le terme bi est l’imaginaire.

Definitions

(Mathematics) An imaginary number.

In the expression a + bi, the term bi is the imaginary.

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