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imaginary
adjective
-
imaginary
,
imaginaries
,
imaginarying
,
imagined
existing
only
in
one's
imagination
;
not
real
or
actual
.
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Children
often
invent
imaginary
friends
to
talk
to
when
they
feel
lonely
.
Children
often
invent
imaginary
friends
to
talk
to
when
they
feel
lonely
.
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The
novel
describes
an
imaginary
world
where
animals
can
speak
.
The
novel
describes
an
imaginary
world
where
animals
can
speak
.
Late
Middle
English
(
in
the
sense
ā
relating
to
images
ā):
from
Latin
imaginarius
,
from
imago
,
imagin-
ā
image
,
likeness
ā.
The
word
was
reintroduced
in
the
16th
century
from
French
imaginaire
.
adjective
-
imaginary
,
imaginaries
,
imaginarying
,
imagined
(
of
a
number
or
quantity
)
containing
,
relating
to
,
or
denoting
the
imaginary
unit
i
,
satisfying
i²
=
ā1
.
ā¢
The
quadratic
equation
had
two
imaginary
roots
.
The
quadratic
equation
had
two
imaginary
roots
.
ā¢
In
the
complex
plane
,
imaginary
numbers
lie
on
the
vertical
axis
.
In
the
complex
plane
,
imaginary
numbers
lie
on
the
vertical
axis
.
The
mathematical
sense
dates
from
the
early
18th
century
;
imaginary
numbers
were
first
described
by
Rafael
Bombelli
(
1572
)
and
later
formalized
by
Leonhard
Euler
.