imaginary object

collocation in English

meaningsofimaginaryandobject

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imaginary
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i/us
/ɪˈmædʒ.ə.ner.i/
Something that is imaginary is created by and exists only in ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofimaginaryandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if the object is just a hallucination, its ontological status will be that of animaginaryobject.
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Because the two eyeballs converge on a plane farther away, the perceived location of theimaginaryobjectis behind the autostereogram.
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Examples include kneading bread dough, wringing out a towel, avoiding laser-beams or miming the shape of animaginaryobject.
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Theimaginaryobjectalso appears bigger than the patterns on the autostereogram because of foreshortening.
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Descriptive geometry uses the image-creating technique of imaginary, parallel projectors emanating from animaginaryobjectand intersecting an imaginary plane of projection at right angles.
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Consciousness is therefore always and essentially consciousness "of something", whether this something is a thing, a person, animaginaryobject, etc.
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Outside of these limits they produce imaginary objects, ahistoric delusions.
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This pre-memorisation and practice at forming images reduces the time required to think up a goodimaginaryobjectand create a strong memorable impression of it.
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All geometric aspects of theimaginaryobjectare accounted for in true size/to-scale and shape, and can be imaged as seen from any position in space.
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Leslie (1987) described three forms of pretend acts: object substitution, attribution of false properties, and attribution of presence to imaginary objects.
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In short, imaginary objects are what we intend them to be.
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Charades is a game people play by guessing imaginary objects from short play-acts.
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His powers involve turning imaginary objects he acts out, into real invisible objects.
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Often seen in delirious or semiconscious patients, carphologia describes the actions of picking or grasping at imaginary objects, as well as the patient's own clothes or bed linens.
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Because imaginary objects appear to us in a way which is like perception but is not perception, we have a tendency to treat them as if they were real.
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