Definition of "imaginary" []

• Having existence only in the imagination; unreal. (adjective)
• Mathematics Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number. (adjective)
• Mathematics Of, involving, or being an imaginary number. (adjective)
• Mathematics Involving only a complex number of which the real part is zero. (adjective)
• Mathematics An imaginary number. (noun)

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• "Because Larry’s Fundy brain is so locked by his literalism he simply thinks “imaginary numbers” are *actually imaginary* ,that is to say not real, they do not exist."
• "In fact, psychologists use the term "imaginary audience" to describe this heightened state of vigilance that is especially strong during adolescence."
• "But on the other hand, as this warmth is felt differently by different temperaments, so what we call imaginary things affect different minds."