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REAL NUMBER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any rational or irrational number

Synonyms:

real; real number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("real number" is a kind of...):

complex number; complex quantity; imaginary; imaginary number ((mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "real number"):

dot product; inner product; scalar product (a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors)

rational; rational number (an integer or a fraction)

irrational; irrational number (a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number)

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