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com′plex var′iable, [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsa variable to which complex numbers may be assigned as value.
  • 1875–80

'complex variable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
analytic - branch cut - branch point - Cauchy-Riemann equations - complex analysis - entire function - essential - Liouville's theorem - maximum principle - ordinary point - periodic function - pole - regular - removable - residue - Riemann surface - zero - simple pole - singular point

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