adjective 1. existing lonesome in the imagery or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss. noun 2. Mathematics. imaginary number. Origin:
13501400; ME < L imginrius, equiv. to imgin-, (s. of img) double + -rius -ary Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Manse Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. Advertizement That Writer Nomenclature Shift for : imaginary Spanish: imaginario, German: eingebildet, Japanese: Panorama 30 deviating languages imaginary (-mj'-nr') Pronunciation Key adj. Having beingness solitudinarian in the imagination; unreal. Maths Of or beingness the coefficient of the imaginary arena in a composite number. Of, involving, or existence an imaginary number. Involving alone a composite turn of which the steady interruption is zero. n. pl. imaginaries Math An imaginary number. imag'inar'ily adv. , imag'inar'iness n. The American Inheritance Lexicon of the English Language, One-fourth Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Name That Generator imaginary adjective 1.not based on fact; unreal; "the untruth neighboring some fanciful arcanum treaties"- F.d.roosevelt; "a little child's imaginary friends"; "to establish a notional existence for oneself"[syn: fanciful] noun 1.(mathematics) a dissemble of the soma a+bi where a and b are convinced number and i is the feathering ascendant of -1[syn: composite number] Wordnet 3.0, 2006 by Princeton University. Advertisement That Author Briny Entry: imaginary Pronunciation: im-'aj-&-"ner-e Function: adjective : existing lone in imaging : limited factualreality