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Meanings of imaginary in английском

португальский
números complexos
каталонский
nombre complex

(Mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1.

números complexos
русский
воображаемое
португальский
imaginário coletivo
испанский
imaginación colectiva
каталонский
imaginari col·lectiu

Set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols through which people imagine their social whole.

воображаемое
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Examples for "complex number"
Examples for "complex number"
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Hamilton had been grappling with the problem of complex number multiplication for many years.
The Irish Times
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Actually, you will get a complex number (one that is part imaginary and part real).
Wired
3
What sort of so-called modern maths exam lacks matrices, calculus and complex numbers?
The Irish Times
4
In 1685, he introduced the first graphical representation of complex numbers.
Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 177...
5
Your two levels and the Zivver group are descendants of U. S. Survival Complex Number Eleven.
Dark Universe
1
Mathematicians call it an imaginary number.
Wired
2
He explored imaginary numbers such as the square roots of negative numbers.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
3
I suppose it's only a short step from imaginary numbers to imaginary weapons.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
4
He explored imaginary numbers, which involve square roots of negative numbers.
Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 177...
5
There were now negative numbers, irrational numbers, and imaginary numbers.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...

Not based on fact; unreal.

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Existing only in the mind and not in reality.

Usage of imaginary in английском
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However, it must be asked: has this been real or imaginary growth?
The Irish Times
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Another case of imaginary check, which discounts b3 as her possible origin.
The Flanders Panel
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Having an imaginary friend at this age is a good sign, too.
Radio NZ
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Real technology was better any day than imaginary spaceships, however well designed.
Archer’s Goon
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Indeed, it is sometimes said that its members tend towards the imaginary.
The Irish Times
6
For the future, for the past-foran age that might be imaginary.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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He bathed in this imaginary future as in the waters of omnipotence.
The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
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Real or imaginary, however, Disneyland is a distinct place in her mind.
Underground
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The man keeps coming, invading that imaginary social space that society allows.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
10
Remember, for example, that largely imaginary sequel to It's a Wonderful Life.
The Irish Times
11
Ranks in political society have their basis in real or imaginary utility.
The Eve of the French Revolution
12
Henry V, new king of England, continued to exhort his imaginary soldiers.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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In fact, in her imaginary future, there would be more than one.
The Guardian
14
He describes Malgudi, an imaginary place; and how he pictures the town.
The new yorker
15
So far he was acting; the world and Dominique his imaginary audience.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
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It is no tragedy that a child's imaginary friend dissolves with age.
The Guardian
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