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Noun [English]

Forms: imaginary numbers [plural]
Etymology: The adjective imaginary in this context was first used (as French imaginaire) by René Descartes in 1673, La Geometrie, referring to imaginary numbers in the broad sense, as non-real roots of polynomials. Descartes' usage was derogatory, but the concept later gained acceptance through the work of Leonhard Euler and Carl Friedrich Gauss in the 18th century. Head templates: {{en-noun}} imaginary number (plural imaginary numbers)
  1. (complex analysis, strict sense) A number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit. Tags: strict-sense Categories (topical): Complex analysis, Numbers Related terms: complex number, real number Translations (number of the form bi): կեղծ թիվ (keġc tʻiv) (Armenian), অবাস্তব সংখ্যা (obastob śoṅkha) (Bengali), nombre imaginari [masculine] (Catalan), 虛數 (Chinese Cantonese), 虚数 (heoi¹ sou³) (Chinese Cantonese), 虛數 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚数 (xūshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 純虛數 (Chinese Mandarin), 纯虚数 (chúnxūshù) (Chinese Mandarin), imaginární číslo [neuter] (Czech), imaginært tal [neuter] (Danish), imaginair getal [neuter] (Dutch), imaginara nombro (Esperanto), imaginaariluku (Finnish), imaginääriluku (Finnish), nombre imaginaire pur [masculine] (French), წარმოსახვითი რიცხვი (c̣armosaxviti ricxvi) (Georgian), rein imaginäre Zahl [feminine] (German), imaginäre Zahl (english: sensu stricto) [feminine] (German), φανταστικός αριθμός (fantastikós arithmós) [masculine] (Greek), מספר מרוכב (Hebrew), képzetes szám (Hungarian), imaginárius szám (Hungarian), þvertala (Icelandic), 虚数 (kyosū) (alt: きょすう) (Japanese), жорамал сан (joramal san) (Kazakh), ចំនួននិម្មិត (cɑmnuənnimmɨt) (Khmer), 허수 (heosu) (alt: 虛數) (Korean), quantitas imaginaria [feminine] (Latin), numerus imaginarius [masculine] (Latin), imaginārs skaitlis (Latvian), അവാസ്തവികസംഖ്യ (avāstavikasaṅkhya) (Malayalam), tau pohewa (Maori), عدد موهومی (Persian), liczba urojona (Polish), número imaginário [masculine] (Portuguese), número puramente imaginário [masculine] (Portuguese), мни́мое число́ (mnímoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), imaginarni broj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), número imaginario [masculine] (Spanish), imaginärt tal (Swedish), gunimbilang (Tagalog), จำนวนจินตภาพ (jam-nuuan-jin-dtà-pâap) (Thai), sanal sayı (Turkish), уя́вне число́ (ujávne čysló) [neuter] (Ukrainian), số ảo (Vietnamese), số thuần ảo (Vietnamese)
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  2. (complex analysis, broad sense) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and b is nonzero. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Complex analysis, Numbers
    Sense id: en-imaginary_number-en-noun-KSn8Ps~B Disambiguation of Numbers: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Topics: complex-analysis, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (sensu stricto): purely imaginary number Hypernyms (both senses): complex number Hyponyms (purely imaginary number): sensu lato Translations (number of the form a + bi, with b ≠ 0): 虛數 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚数 (xūshù) (Chinese Mandarin), imaginaariluku (Finnish), imaginääriluku (Finnish), nombre imaginaire (French)
Disambiguation of 'sensu stricto': 54 46 Disambiguation of 'both senses': 51 49 Disambiguation of 'purely imaginary number': 54 46 Disambiguation of 'number of the form a + bi, with b ≠ 0': 45 55

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      "sense": "number of the form bi",
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