real number

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Hyponyms 1.1.3 Hypernyms 1.1.4 Translations 1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

real number (plural real numbers)

1. (mathematics) An element of the set of real numbers.; the set of real numbers include the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, but not all complex numbers.

   Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa.

2. (computing) A floating-point number.

   Even if you pass sqrt an integer, it returns a real number.

[edit] Antonyms

• imaginary number

[edit] Hyponyms

• rational number
• irrational number

[edit] Hypernyms

• complex number

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• hyperreal number
• imaginary number
• surreal number
• transfinite number