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Argand diagram

Ar·gand di·a·gram [ r gànd d ə gràm, aar gN d ə gràm ] (plural Ar·gand di·a·grams)


noun 
Definition:
 
diagram representing complex numbers as points: a diagram displaying complex numbers as points in a plane, the real part shown on the horizontal axis and the imaginary part on the vertical axis

[Early 20th century. After Jean-Robert Argand (1768-1822), French mathematician]
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