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complex number

any number expressed as a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is the imaginary unit, : if b is zero it is a real number, but if b is not zero it is an imaginary number

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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