complex number

Questions about complex number

What is another word for complex number?

It depends which complex number you mean. In the sense “(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1”, the synonyms are complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginary. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of complex number?

WordNet records no antonym for complex number. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for complex number come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of complex number

• Full entry for complex numberAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for complex numberWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.