imaginary part

/ɪˌmædʒəˈnɛri pɑrt/
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Other forms: imaginary parts

Definitions of imaginary part
  1. noun
    the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor
    synonyms: imaginary part of a complex number
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    type of:
    pure imaginary number
    an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0
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