What is the meaning of imaginary?

noun

Mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and I is the square root of -1.
- synonyms: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number

adjective

Not based on fact; unreal.
- usage: "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties- F. D. Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
- synonyms: fanciful, notional

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