Adjacent Words
surface-activesurface-active agent
surface-assimilative
surface-mine
surface-ripened
surface-to-air
surface-to-air guided missile
surface-to-air missile
surface-to-air missile site
surface-to-air missile system
surface-to-air weapon
surface-to-surface
surface-to-surface guided missile
Surfaced
surfacer
surfacing
surfactant
surfbird
surfboard
surfboarder
surfboarding
surfboat
Surfeit
Surfeit-water
Surfeited
Surfeiter
Surfeiting
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Imaginary Im*ag"i*na*ry, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. Imaginary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive.
