imago
- n (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- n an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
imam
- n (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
imamu amiri baraka
- n United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934)
imaginary being
- n a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
imaginary creature
- n a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
imaginary number
- n (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
imaginary part
- n the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
imaginary part of a complex number
- n the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
imaginary place
- n a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
imagination
- n the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
popular imagination created a world of demons
imagination reveals what the world could be - n the ability to form mental images of things or events
he could still hear her in his imagination - n the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
imaginative comparison
- n the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories
imaginativeness
- n the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imaging
- n the ability to form mental images of things or events
- n (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
- v render visible, as by means of MRI
- v imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind