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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A number that is either rational or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics An element of the set of
real numbers .; the set of real numbers include therational numbers and theirrational numbers , but not allcomplex numbers . - noun computing A
floating-point number .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any rational or irrational number
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fbharjo commented on the word real number
just imagine getting real!
Sounds like a Beatles song?
March 15, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word real number
Real is reign's road!
Where's the parasol(ve)?
March 15, 2013