complex plane

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a plane the points of which are complex numbers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of complex plane¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

They showed that these points are sufficiently scattered around the complex plane so that they are unlikely to coincide — so unlikely, in fact, that they can’t do it more than a specific number of times.

From Quanta Magazine

The two dynamical systems generated points on the same actual space, the complex plane.

From Quanta Magazine

Now it involved a pathetic effort to raise herself to Henderson's more complex plane.

From Project Gutenberg