English noun: complex number | |||
1. | complex number (quantity) (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 | ||
Synonyms | complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number | ||
Broader (hypernym) | number | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | complex conjugate, pure imaginary number, real, real number | ||
Part holonym | imaginary part, imaginary part of a complex number | ||
Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||