imaginary

  • 21imaginary — i|mag|i|nar|y [ ı mædʒı,neri ] adjective * not real but only created in your mind: The Equator is just an imaginary line. An only child often creates an imaginary friend to play with …

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  • 22imaginary */ — UK [ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ] / US [ɪˈmædʒɪˌnerɪ] adjective not real but only created in your mind A lonely child sometimes creates an imaginary friend to play with. The Equator is just an imaginary line …

    English dictionary

  • 23imaginary — /ɪˈmædʒənəri / (say i majuhnuhree), / ənri/ (say uhnree) adjective 1. existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness. 2. Mathematics denoting or relating to a quantity or expression involving the square root of …

  • 24imaginary — See imaginary, imaginative …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 25imaginary — adjective not real, but produced from pictures or ideas in your mind: All the characters in this book are imaginary. compare imaginative …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26imaginary — adjective his imaginary friends Syn: unreal, nonexistent, fictional, fictitious, pretend, make believe, mythical, mythological, fabulous, fanciful, storybook, fantastic; made up, dreamed up, invented, concocted, fancied; illusory …

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  • 27imaginary — [ɪˈmædʒɪnəri] adj not real, but only created in your mind A lonely child sometimes creates an imaginary friend to play with.[/ex] …

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  • 28imaginary — im•ag•i•nar•y [[t]ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. ries 1) existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied 2) math. imaginary number im•ag′i•nar i•ly, adv. im•ag′i•nar i•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29Imaginary friend — Imaginary friends, also known as imaginary companions , are pretend characters often created by children. Imaginary friends often function as (or perform a tutelary function) when they are engaged by the child in play activityFact|date=February… …

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  • 30Imaginary time — in quantum mechanics Imaginary time is a concept derived from quantum mechanics and is essential in connecting quantum mechanics with statistical mechanics. Imaginary time scriptstyle au is obtained from real time via a Wick rotation by… …

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