IMAGINARY
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Im*ag"i*na*ry (?), a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
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Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?
Addison.
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Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or Imaginary quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, √-9, a + b √-1. -- Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), 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.
Syn. -- Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive.
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Im*ag"i*na*ry, n. (Alg.) An imaginary expression or quantity.
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