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
The column of light is not the Milky Way—which is neither straight, nor like a rainbow—but the imaginary axis of the earth.
From The Republic by Jowett, Benjamin
We have seen that the earth rotates upon its imaginary axis once in about every twenty-four hours.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
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