meromorphic

/ˌmɛrəˈmɔrfɪk/
adjective
  1. Relating to a complex function that is analytic (smooth) everywhere in its domain except at isolated points where it has poles (blows up to infinity).
    • The mathematician studied meromorphic functions on the complex plane.
    • The teacher explained that the tangent function is meromorphic because it has poles at odd multiples of π/2.
    • In complex analysis, a meromorphic function can be written as a ratio of two analytic functions.
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