 3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, adjective [L. imaginarius: cf. F.
imaginaire.]
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied;
visionary; ideal.
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison.
{Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}.
{Imaginary expression} or {Imaginary quantity} (Alg.), an
algebraic expression which involves the impossible
operation of taking the square root of a negative
quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1.
{Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.),
points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although
by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact
ceased to have a real existence.
Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal;
illusive.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
184 Moby Thesaurus words for "lines":
Konzentrationslager, Lager, MO, actor, air, algorithm, antagonist,
antihero, approach, attack, back band, backstrap, barrack,
barracks, bearing, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, bit part, bivouac,
blinders, blinds, book, breeching, bridle, brow, camp, campground,
campsite, cantonment, caparison, carriage, casern, cast,
cast of countenance, cavesson, character, checkrein, cheekpiece,
chinband, cinch, collar, color, complexion, concentration camp,
configuration, continuity, contour, countenance, course, crownband,
crupper, cue, curb, delineation, demeanor, detention camp,
encampment, face, facial appearance, fashion, fat part, favor,
feature, features, feeder, figuration, figure, form, framework,
gag swivel, garb, genre, gestalt, girth, guise, hackamore, halter,
hames, hametugs, harness, headgear, headstall, heavy, hero,
heroine, hip straps, hobo jungle, ingenue, jaquima, jerk line,
lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman,
libretto, line, line of action, lineaments, looks, main features,
manner, manner of working, martingale, means, method, methodology,
mien, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi,
movement, noseband, order, outline, part, pencil, person,
personage, physiognomy, piece, playbook, pole strap, port, posture,
practice, presence, procedure, proceeding, process, profile,
protagonist, reins, relief, ribbons, role, routine, saddle,
scenario, scene plot, school, score, script, shaft tug, shapes,
shooting script, side, side check, silhouette, skeleton, snaffle,
soubrette, stance, straight part, style, supporting character,
supporting role, surcingle, system, tack, tackle, technique, text,
the drill, the grand style, the how, the way of, title role, tone,
tournure, traits, trappings, tug, turn, villain, visage, walk-on,
walking part, way, winker braces, wise, yoke
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lines
were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word
came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a
possession (Ps. 16:6).
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