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Noun
real number (plural real numbers)

1. mathematics An element of the real numbers; real numbers include the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, but not the imaginary numbers or complex numbers

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

1. computing A floating-point number.

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

Translations
trans-top|element of the real numbers
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Croatian: t-|hr|realni broj|m
Czech: t-|cs|reálné �íslo|n
Dutch: reëel getal n
Finnish: t+|fi|reaaliluku
French: nombre réel m
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Greek: t|el|��αγμα�ικ�� α�ιθμ��|m|sc=Grek (pragmatikós arithmós)
Hungarian: t-|hu|valós szám
Japanese: �� (����, jissū)
Swedish: t+|sv|reellt tal|n
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floating-point number
See floating-point number

See also
hyperreal number
imaginary number
irrational number
surreal number
transfinite number

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