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Phrases 22
- imaginary partOf a complex number a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, the value b.
- imaginary numberA number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit.
- imaginary unitAn imaginary number (in the case of complex numbers, usually denoted i) that is defined as a solution to the equation x²=-1.
- imaginary axisThe vertical line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a complex number having zero real component.
- imaginary friendA nonexistent person, the subject of a friendship or other interpersonal relationship taking place in the imagination rather than in physical reality.
- imaginary friendsplural of imaginary friend: A nonexistent person, the subject of a friendship or other interpersonal relationship taking place in the imagination rather than in physical reality.
- imaginary numbersplural of imaginary number: A number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit.
- imaginary timeReal time which has undergone a Wick rotation so that its coordinates are multiplied by the imaginary unit i.
- imaginary lat syndromeA tendency for one to adopt a posture as if one had larger latissimus dorsi muscles than one actually has, especially a posture where the arms are held away from the torso.
- quater-imaginaryOf or relating to a nonstandard numeral system using the imaginary number 2i (= √–4) as its base.
- imaginary geometryAbsolute geometry, an axiomatised geometry in which the parallel postulate is absent and not replaced by an alternative, and of which Euclidean geometry and some non-Euclidean geometries are subtypes.
- purely imaginary numberAn imaginary number.
- imaginary museumA person's essential or favorite works of art, regarded as a collection that could be brought together as a single ideal museum for that person.
- imaginary museumsplural of imaginary museum: A person's essential or favorite works of art, regarded as a collection that could be brought together as a single ideal museum for that person.
- imaginary partsplural of imaginary part: Of a complex number a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, the value b.
- imaginary timesplural of imaginary time: Real time which has undergone a Wick rotation so that its coordinates are multiplied by the imaginary unit i.
- imaginary unitsplural of imaginary unit: An imaginary number (in the case of complex numbers, usually denoted i) that is defined as a solution to the equation x²=-1.
- purely imaginaryOf a number, having real part equal to zero.
- imaginary axesplural of imaginary axis: The vertical line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a complex number having zero real component.
- pure imaginary numberSynonym of purely imaginary number: An imaginary number.
- pure imaginary numbersplural of pure imaginary number: An imaginary number.
- purely imaginary numbersplural of purely imaginary number: An imaginary number.
Compound words 5
- imaginarilyIn an imaginary way, in the imagination.
- imaginarinessthe state of being imaginary
- nonimaginaryNot imaginary.
- unimaginaryNot imaginary
- hyperimaginaryAn equivalence class of a type-definable set.