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Drafting a Glossary Entry for Scientific Calculator Software

As a technical writer for a company that develops scientific calculator software, you are tasked with drafting a clear glossary entry for the term "pure imaginary number" to be included in the software's user manual. Recalling the standard form of a complex number, a+bia + bi, state the specific mathematical condition the real part must meet for the number to be classified as a pure imaginary number, and provide the simplified form of the expression under this condition.

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