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Definition: IMAGINAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.[Websters]
2. Of or pertaining to an imago.[Websters]
3. Being unreal, notional, conceptual, unrealistic or fictitious. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb imaginally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(imaginally)
1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective imaginal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Imaginal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Imaginal \Im*ag"i*nal\, adjective. [Latin expression imaginalis.]. (references)

Common Expressions: IMAGINAL

Expressions Definition
Imaginal disks (Zo["o]l.), masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larv[ae] of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Imaginal Psychology Imaginal Psychology is a distinct orientation to the discipline of psychology. This orientation reclaims soul as psychology’s primary concern. The soul expresses itself in images. Care of the soul asks that we pay close attention to the images we inhabit. This orientation to psychology has its roots in the earliest transformative practices that are at the core of many spiritual traditions and the creative arts. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: IMAGINAL

Expressions Domain Definition
Imaginal disc Geology One of a series of disc-shaped structures in a fruit fly embryo which are located symmetrically along either side of the body. The imaginal discs are present within the larva and eventually develop into the body parts of the adult fruit fly during the pupal stage. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: IMAGINAL

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Imaginal disc 4     Imaginal disc 4
Imaginal Psychology 3     Imaginal Psychology 3

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Translations: IMAGINAL

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian imaginální (imaginal), imaginární (imaginary, fanciful, fictitious, visionary, imaginal). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, imaginal. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina imaginální (imaginal), imaginární (imaginary, fanciful, fictitious, visionary, imaginal). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, imaginal. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech imaginální (imaginal), imaginární (imaginary, fanciful, fictitious, visionary, imaginal). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, imaginal. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian immaginale (imaginal), d'insetto perfetto (imaginal). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, imaginal. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 成虫原基 (imaginal disc, imaginal disk). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, imaginal. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: IMAGINAL

Language Translations for “imaginal” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagimathagagathaginathagal (imaginal). Additional references: Athag, imaginal. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agimagagaginagal (imaginal). Additional references: Double Dutch, imaginal. (volunteer)
Leet 1|\/|@61@| (imaginal). Additional references: Leet, imaginal. (volunteer)
Oppish opimopagopinopal (imaginal). Additional references: Oppish, imaginal. (volunteer)
Pig Latin imaginalway (imaginal). Additional references: Pig Latin, imaginal. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubimubagubinubal (imaginal). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, imaginal. (volunteer)
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