figment

IPA（発音記号）

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

日本語の意味

作り話 / 虚構 / 空想 / 想像による創作物

The scandal turned out to be a figment of a jealous colleague's imagination.

そのスキャンダルは嫉妬深い同僚がでっち上げた作り話に過ぎないことが判明した。

意味（1）

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.

figments

（ plural ）