imaginary

/i-ˈma-jə-ˌner-ē/

Middle English ymaginarie, borrowed from Latin imāginārius "unreal, fictitious (in law)," from imāgin-, imāgō "representation, semblance, " + -ārius

adjective

  1. existing only in imagination : lacking factual reality

  2. formed or characterized imaginatively or arbitrarily

  3. containing or relating to the imaginary unit

his canvases, chiefly imaginary, somber landscapes

imaginary fanciful visionary fantastic chimerical quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination. fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination.

noun

  1. a complex number (such as 2 + 3i) in which the coefficient of the imaginary unit is not zero —called also imaginary

noun

  1. the part of a complex number (such as 3i in 2 + 3i) that has the imaginary unit as a factor