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A portmanteau of "j" and "imaginary" for the imaginary component of a complex number. This means the same thing as Imaginary Number, and typically this number would have an italicized i after it. In electrical engineering, the letter "i" has other and more apparent meanings, so to avoid confusion we pick the next letter, j.
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Sheldon would use 1 + 2i.
Howard would use 1 + 2j.
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The square root of -1 in electrical engineering.
The impedance of this wire is 7 ohms plus the jimaginary number.
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