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Definition imaginary
Etymology
From Middle French imaginaire, from Latin im?gin?rius (“relating to images, fancied”), from im?g?.
The mathematical sense derives from René Descartes's use (of the French imaginaire) in 1637, La Geometrie, to ridicule the notion of regarding non-real roots of polynomials as numbers. Although Descartes' usage was derogatory, the designation stuck even after the concept gained acceptance in the 18th century.
Adjective
imaginary (comparative more imaginary, superlative most imaginary)
- Existing only in the imagination.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.
Noun
imaginary (plural imaginaries)
- Imagination; fancy. [from 16th c.]
- (mathematics) An imaginary quantity. [from 18th c.]
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
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