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IMAGINAL

Definitions: IMAGINAL

IMAGINAL

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to an imago.

2. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Imaginal \Im*ag"i*nal\, adjective. [Latin expression imaginalis.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: IMAGINAL

English words defined with "IMAGINAL": Imaginal disks. (references)

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Commercial Usage: IMAGINAL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process (Death, Value and Meaning Series) (reference)

  • Imaginal Discs : The Genetic and Cellular Logic of Pattern Formation (reference)

  • Imaginal Memory and the Place of Hiroshima (reference)

  • Imaginal Preaching: An Archetypal Perspective (reference)

  • Invisible Guests: The Development of Imaginal Dialogues (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: IMAGINAL

"IMAGINAL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IMAGINAL" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: IMAGINAL

Expression using "IMAGINAL": Imaginal disks. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "IMAGINAL": perceptual-imaginal, pre-imaginal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IMAGINAL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

imaginal institute study

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IMAGINAL

Language Translations for "IMAGINAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

disques imaginaux (imaginal discs). (various references)

   

German

  

Imaginalscheiben (imaginal discs). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

×"מותי. (various references)

   

Italian

  

dischi immaginali (imaginal discs). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imaginalay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "IMAGINAL"

Words rhyming with "IMAGINAL" (pronounced 'Im*ag"i*nal'): Abactinal, Abhominal, Actinal, Adnominal, Adrenal, Affinal, Agminal, Altitudinal, Amblygonal, Ammonal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Aptitudinal, Archidiaconal, Arsenal, Asternal, Attitudinal, Autumnal, Binal, Binominal, Buccinal, Cacuminal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Circinal, Clinodiagonal, Coeternal, Communal, Concubinal, Consuetudinal, Conterminal, Crinal, Crumenal, Culminal, Decagonal, Decanal, Destinal, Diaconal, Dihexagonal, Discriminal, Diuturnal, Duodenal, Embryonal, Enneagonal, Epiclinal, Episternal, Equidiurnal, Equinal, Ethmotrubinal, Eviternal, Fanal, Faunal, Feminal, Fidicinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, gastrointestinal, Geanticlinal, Geminal, Geosynclinal, Gymnal, Gymnorhinal, Hepatorenal, Heptagonal, hexagonal, hibernal, Holorhinal, hymnal, Hyosternal, Infraspinal, Infrasternal, inguinal, Interrenal, Intersternal, intestinal, Isochronal, Jejunal, Juvenal, Latisternal, latitudinal, lienal, Lieno-intestinal, Lucernal, Macrodiagonal, maternal, matutinal, Maxilloturbinal, Mediastinal, medicinal, meridional, Mesosternal, Metasternal, Monoclinal, Myelonal, Nasoturbinal, Noumenal, Obsidional, octagonal, Octogonal, Officinal, Olecranal, Omosternal, Orthodiagonal, orthogonal, Paginal, Paludinal, Paraphernal, Paternal, Penal, Pentagonal, Phenomenal, Phonal, Piperonal, Piscinal, Plenal, Polygonal, Postanal, Prenominal, Prespinal, Proeguminal, Pronominal, Prorenal, Prorhinal, Pseudoturbinal, Quadrinominal, Quirinal, Ranal, Rectovaginal, Regiminal, Regnal, renal, retinal, rhinal, Ruminal, Ruridecanal, Scizorhinal, Semidiurnal, sempiternal, Siphorhinal, spinal, Staminal, sternal, Subdecanal, Subintestinal, subliminal, Subpoenal, Subpolygonal, Subumbonal, Subvaginal, Sulphonal, supernal, Suprarenal, Supraspinal, Suprasternal, Supravaginal, Surnominal, Testudinal, tetragonal, trigeminal, trigonal, Trinal, Trinominal, Trional, Tympanal, Uncardinal, Uniclinal, Unisonal, urinal, Uterovaginal, Vaccinal, vaginal, Vaticinal, Ventro-inguinal, Vernal, Vesicovaginal, Vespertinal, Vicinal, Viminal, Vulvovaginal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: IMAGINAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-l-m-n"

-1 letter: mailing.

-2 letters: agnail, ailing, aiming, animal, lamina, laming, limina, liming, lingam, magian, malign, manila, nilgai.

-3 letters: aalii, again, alang, algin, align, amain, amiga, amnia, anima, animi, gamin, lagan, lamia, lanai, liana, liang, ligan, liman, linga, mania, milia.

-4 letters: agin, agma, alan, alga, alma, amia, amin, anal, anga, anil, gain, gala, gama, glia, glim, ilia, inia, lain, lama, lang, lima, limn, ling, magi, mail, main, mana, mina, mini, nail.

-5 letters: aal, aga, ail, aim, ain, ala, ama, ami, ana, ani, gal, gam, gan, gin, lag, lam, lin, mag, man, mig, mil, nag, nam, nil, nim.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-i-l-m-n"
 

+2 letters: acclaiming, airmailing, calamining, imaginable, imaginably, laminating, magnifical, marginalia.

 

+3 letters: acclimating, animalizing, enigmatical, imaginarily, madrigalian, marginality, marginalize, migrational.

 

+4 letters: ameliorating, antigambling, assimilating, blackmailing, calumniating, caramelising, caramelizing, delaminating, magnifically, malignancies, manipulating, marginalized, marginalizes, misbalancing, unimaginable, unimaginably.

 

+5 letters: acclimatising, acclimatizing, antilogarithm, enigmatically, familiarising, familiarizing, glamorization, imaginatively, immigrational, intermarginal, manageability, marginalities, marginalizing, materialising, materializing, matriculating, mineralogical, misallocating, miscataloging, misevaluating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMAGINAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 41 47 49 4E 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .-    --.    ..    -.    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01000001 01000111 01001001 01001110 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#65 &#71 &#73 &#78 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0041 0047 0049 004E 0041 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4347354143483546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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