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imaginary axis

[ ih-maj-uh-ner-ee ak-sis ]

/ ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr i ˈæk sɪs /

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noun Mathematics.

the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.

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Origin of imaginary axis

First recorded in 1700–05

Words nearby imaginary axis

imagesetter, image tube, imaginable, imaginal, imaginary, imaginary axis, imaginary number, imaginary part, imaginary unit, imagination, imaginative

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Example sentences from the Web for imaginary axis

This could shift global media decision-making from its familiar New York-Los Angeles axis to the Bay Area.
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay|Joel Kotkin|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Six years later, after one more dance with FDR, Kansans returned to their normal political axis.
A Loss by Pat Roberts in Kansas? Actually, Not So Bizarre|Jeff Greenfield|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I have an imaginary place, and these are the people who live there.
Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends|Mindy Farabee|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For Reagan the “evil empire” was the Soviet Union; for George W. Bush, there was an “axis of Evil.”
How Obama's Shallow Worldview Failed Us|Stuart Stevens|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The HPA axis is a circuit between your brain, your hormone glands, and the rest of your body.
We're Talking About Depression All Wrong|Jean Kim|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was continually presenting innumerable imaginary fivers to little people.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Cassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
And then at last the man himself took to forgetting the imaginary writer and poured out words of love, warm, true, and passionate.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens

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