PURE IMAGINARY NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pure imaginary number mean? 

• PURE IMAGINARY NUMBER (noun)
  The noun PURE IMAGINARY NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0

  Familiarity information: PURE IMAGINARY NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURE IMAGINARY NUMBER (noun)

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Meaning:

An imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pure imaginary number" is a kind of...):

complex number; complex quantity; imaginary; imaginary number ((mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pure imaginary number"):

imaginary part; imaginary part of a complex number (the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor)