imaginary axis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of imaginary axis
First recorded in 1700–05
Example Sentences
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Label the x-axis as the real axis and the y-axis as the imaginary axis.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The horizontal axis is the real axis, and the vertical axis is the imaginary axis.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The line for which λ is real, positive and less than unity corresponds to the imaginary axis of the τ-plane, lying in the interior of the fundamental region.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Pole, the name given to the extremities of the imaginary axis of the earth, round which it is conceived to revolve.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The motion of the bubble then measures double the inclination of this imaginary axis, or the deviation of a cylinder on which the level may rest from horizontality.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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