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

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How to use imaginary axis in a sentence

Of course only one end of this imaginary axis can be above our horizon.
Half-hours with the Telescope|Richard A. Proctor
Purkinje noticed that the position of the imaginary axis of rotation depends on the axis around which the head revolves.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various
Imaginary axis it is, but, acting with the panel, it nevertheless arbitrarily limits the position of all parts within the panel.
Industrial Arts Design|William H. Varnum
The axis Ox is often called the real axis, and the axis Oy the imaginary axis.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various

The whorls of spiral univalves generally take an oblique direction in reference to the imaginary axis of the shell.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby