Meanings
nounimaginary axis (plural imaginary axes)
plural imaginary axes
- mathematicsThe vertical line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a complex number having zero real component.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 虛軸 /虚轴
- 虛軸 /虚轴mathematics
Finnish imaginaariakseli
- imaginaariakselimathematics
French axe imaginaire
- axe imaginairemathematics
Hungarian képzetes tengely
- képzetes tengelymathematics
Japanese 虚軸
- 虚軸 (kyojiku)mathematics
Korean 허축, 허수축
- 허축 (heochuk)mathematics
- 허수축 (heosuchuk)mathematics
Russian мни́мая ось
- мни́мая ось (mnímaja osʹ)mathematics
Swedish imaginär axel
- imaginär axelmathematics
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APA
imaginary axis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginary%20axis
MLA
“imaginary axis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginary%20axis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imaginary axis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginary%20axis.
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