complex notation
complex notation
[′käm‚pleks nō′tā·shən] (physics)
The representation of a physical quantity by a complex number whose real component equals the instantaneous value of the physical quantity, a sinusoidally varying quantity thus being represented by a point rotating in a circle centered at the origin of the complex plane with uniform speed.
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