IMAGINAL


Meaning of IMAGINAL in English

ə̇ˈmajən ə l, in sense 4 -māgən- or -mägən- or -mȧgən- or -mājən- or -majən- adjective

Etymology: imagine + -al

1. : of or relating to imagination

imaginal objects

2.

[Late Latin imaginalis, from Latin imagin-, imago image + -alis -al — more at image ]

: of or relating to an image

the idea of weeping can be translated into its imaginal equivalent, as rain — K.D.Burke

3.

[New Latin imagin-, imago + English -al ]

: relating to mental images

4.

[New Latin imagin-, imago + English -al ]

: of or relating to the insect imago

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.