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Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.

Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?
--Addison.

Imaginary calculus See under Calculus.

Imaginary expression or Imaginary quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1.

Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence.

Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive.

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n. 1 (plural of line English) 2 (context fortifications in the plural English) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 3 (context shipbuilding in the plural English) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 4 (context education in the plural English) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out. 5 (context US in the plural English) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. vb. (en-third-person singular of: line)

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Lines (Emily Brontë poem)

"Lines" is a poem written by English writer Emily Brontë in December 1837. It is understood that the poem was written in the Haworth parsonage, two years after Brontë had left Roe Head, where she was unable to settle as a pupil. At that time, she had already lived through the death of her mother and two of her sisters . As the daughter of a parson, Bronte received a rigorously religious education, which is evident in much of her work. "Lines" is representative of much of her poetry, which broke Victorian gender stereotypes by adopting the Gothic tradition and genre of Romanticism, allowing her to express and examine her emotions.

Throughout their lives, the Brontë children struggled with leaving their own home in Haworth to which they felt so closely attached. The gender prejudice of the nineteenth century left little choice for young women like Brontë who were seeking employment, occupation or education. It was widely accepted that females would hold self-effacing roles as housewives, mothers, governesses or seamstresses. Any poetry written by females was expected to address issues of religion, motherhood and wifehood on an instructive and educative level.

The Brontës subverted these stereotypes, choosing to write on topics such as death and love. The family lived in a parsonage opposite the church graveyard and was plagued with poor health and loss of life; inevitably death appears frequently in the writings of each.

Lines

Lines is a surname that may refer to

  • Aaran Lines (born 1976), New Zealand association football player
  • Aaron Lines (born 1977), Canadian country musician
  • Mary Lines (1893–1978), British athlete
  • Oliver Lines (born 1995), English snooker player
  • Peter Lines (born 1969), English snooker player, father of Oliver
  • Sue Lines (born 1953), Australian politician
  • Stanley Lines, Bermudian Olympic sprinter
  • Stewart Lines (born 1963), British racing driver
Lines (album)

Lines is the fifth studio album by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. The album was released in 1976 and was the second since reforming in 1975. The album failed to chart and includes the singles "Lines" and "We're All Alone", neither of which met with much success.

The album was stylistically similar to their 1975 comeback No Regrets, matching the general musical styles of Country and Pop music and marrying them to romantic orchestral arrangements. Aside from "First Day" which is actually the work of John Maus, writing under the pseudonym A. Dayam, the album is compiled of non-original compositions. Scott Walker however would not contribute new songs until the group's following album Nite Flights in 1978.

Lines (Pandelis Karayorgis album)

Lines is an album by jazz pianist Pandelis Karayorgis and alto saxophonist Eric Pakula, which was recorded in 1995 and released on Accurate. They are joined by bassists Nate McBride and Jonathan Robinson and drummers John McLellan and Eric Rosenthal in various combinations, playing compositions by Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and Ted Brown, along with some originals.

Lines (song)

"Lines" is a song written by the American singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller was first a song recorded by the American pop group The Walker Brothers as their twelfth UK single in 1976. Fuller later recorded and released the song to some minor success on the US (#90) and Canadian Country charts in 1979.

The Walker Brothers' recording of "Lines" failed to chart, their first to miss the UK Singles Chart since their début " Pretty Girls Everywhere" in 1965. The B-side "First Day" was written by John Walker under the pseudonym A. Dayam.

Usage examples of "lines".

The rebels began to turn what was left of their line, to face the railroad cut, and some moved forward, to charge this new enemy, but there was another volley, and those lines collapsed as well.

If he moved out to the left, to the west, and came across the Rapidan upstream, he could threaten to move on the Shenandoah, or cut the rail lines that fed the Confederate army.

With the first light, the orders came down, and the men moved out in wide solid lines, flowing across a flat clear space, some slowed by the ravine, some climbing up toward a vast dense line of fire, a strong line of the enemy, protected by the quick work of the shovel.

For miles the land behind and between the lines was barren of life, as though the men had made a new world in the misery of the underground, moved only in tunnels, through the mud and darkness that bred sickness.

They moved through the rebel lines first, out into the bleak open ground, then, slowly winding, made their way through the Federal lines.

Battle of Tewkesbury, despite the appearance in the first two lines of the soliloquy that it is the very morrow of the battle that is in question.

Along the road he could see wagons moving in both directions, some filled with wounded men from the fights exploding along the front lines, the uncoordinated bursts of activity.

Player takes up the speech, spending some thirty lines on the description of the killing of Priam.

Duke of Exeter who speaks these lines is Thomas Beaufort, third and youngest son of John of Gaunt by his mistress Catherine Swynford.

It was from Normandy that William the Conqueror had come to establish himself in England and it was back to Normandy that most of the aristocracy could trace their lines and their ancestral estates.

It is hard to believe that such lines can be read seriously in surroundings that even hint at the grandeur with which Homer surrounded the Trojan War.

In this case, apparently, Shakespeare had his choice of two lines of development and did not manage to make a clear decision.

The procession moved along decorated streets and between lines of cheering spectators to the Capitol, where religious services were held.

He deliberately conducted his life along the lines of the stories that were told of the ancient Romans.

Now, three centuries later, only one male descendant remained of the older lines and he was Henry III of France, who became king in 1574.