Argand diagram

noun

Ar·gand diagram ˌär-ˈgän-

-ˈgan-

: a system of rectangular coordinates in which the complex number x + iy is represented by the point whose coordinates are x and y

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Jean Robert Argand †1825 Swiss mathematician

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1889, in the meaning defined above

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Argand diagram

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