pure imaginary number

1. 1.

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

   Broadercomplex number

   Narrowerimaginary part

Questions about pure imaginary number

What does pure imaginary number mean?

pure imaginary number means "an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0".

Is pure imaginary number a common word?

pure imaginary number is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.