pure imaginary

  • 1pure imaginary — noun Date: 1947 a complex number that is solely the product of a real number other than zero and the imaginary unit • pure imaginary adjective …

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  • 2pure imaginary number — noun an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0 • Hypernyms: ↑complex number, ↑complex quantity, ↑imaginary number, ↑imaginary • Hyponyms: ↑imaginary part, ↑imaginary part of a complex number * * * Math …

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  • 3pure imaginary — noun : a complex number of the form ai where a is any real number and i=√‒̅1 …

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  • 4pure imaginary number — Math. a complex number of the form iy where y is a real number and i = sqrt( 1);. * * * …

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  • 5imaginary number — n. a complex number in the form a + bi where b is not zero: when a is zero, it is a pure imaginary number …

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  • 6imaginary number — noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of 1 • Syn: ↑complex number, ↑complex quantity, ↑imaginary • Topics: ↑mathematics, ↑math, ↑maths …

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  • 7imaginary number — Math. Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero. [1905 10] * * * Any number of the form a + bi where a and b are real numbers, i is the square root of 1, and b is not zero. If a is zero, the …

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  • 8imaginary part — noun the part of a complex number that has the square root of 1 as a factor • Syn: ↑imaginary part of a complex number • Hypernyms: ↑pure imaginary number • Part Holonyms: ↑complex number, ↑complex quantity, ↑ …

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  • 9imaginary part of a complex number — noun the part of a complex number that has the square root of 1 as a factor • Syn: ↑imaginary part • Hypernyms: ↑pure imaginary number • Part Holonyms: ↑complex number, ↑complex quantity, ↑imaginary number, ↑ …

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  • 10imaginary number — noun Date: circa 1911 a complex number (as 2 + 3i) in which the coefficient of the imaginary unit is not zero called also imaginary compare pure imaginary …

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