real numbers

Noun

Meaning

real numbers

plural of real number

real numbers pl (plural only)

(mathematics) The smallest set containing all limits of convergent sequences of rational numbers.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

r

Examples

What advantage will be gained by even a purely abstract definition of real numbers of a higher type, I am as yet unable to see, conceiving as I do of the domain of real numbers as complete in itself. Richard Dedekind

I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers. Thomas Perry

Close letter words and terms

real number real number line real number system real one real organisms real part