real
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- noun
- /riːəl/
- Specialized
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número real
- He succeeded, was elected, and the real is still our currency, and we still use those bills.
Real as in real or complex or imaginary.
- Real as in real or complex or imaginary.
Examples
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The current that I wanted was the real part of this I twiddle.
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So that's going to be two real irrational numbers.
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A is called the real part of the complex number.
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So you can always express that as the real part of that.
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So here you have two real roots.
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The surreal numbers are an ordered field, just like the reals.
Blog text (9) -
In this paper, R denotes the real numbers, R+ the non-negative reals, and Rn is the vector space of n-dimensional real vectors.
Academic text (2010) -
The set of real numbers includes both rational fractions and irrational numbers like pi.
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In mathematics, the real line represents all the points corresponding to real numbers.
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When solving the equation, the solutions will yield real values if the discriminant is non-negative.
Synonyms
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A value that can be shown on a straight line, like 3, 1/2, or pi
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A joking phrase that shows old ideas about how men should act
Compounds
- Specialized
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The time when you get information at once, for example stock prices or a heart rate
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Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
- Specialized
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A company that owns buildings or land that make money and sells shares to investors
- Formal
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The belief that the bread and wine used in a church service really become Christ's body and blood
- Specialized
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Total value of a country's goods and services using prices that ignore inflation
- Texting
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A business that buys, sells, or manages virtual land inside online games
- Specialized
Total value of goods and services a country makes measured with prices kept the same over time
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
- Slang
A person who feels very close to a character from a book or show and often acts like them
- Formal
A type of socialism that focuses on practical goals used in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
- Specialized
Working with data fast enough to keep up with another action without delay
Surface Forms
Etymology
Real in 'real numbers' follows the common sense of real meaning 'actual', so real numbers are the 'actual' points on the number line as opposed to 'imaginary' numbers.