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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fictīcius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃəs
  • Hyphenation: fic‧ti‧tious

Adjective

fictitious (not comparable)

  1. Invented; contrived.
    Synonyms: imaginary, invented, contrived, fictive
    • 2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv:
      Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces.

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