real number

Other forms: real numbers

Definitions of real number

1. noun

   any rational or irrational number
   synonyms: real

   types:

   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 number that can be expressed the quotient of two integers (where the denominator does not equal zero)

   irrational, irrational number

   a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

   transcendental number

   an irrational number that is not algebraic

   algebraic number

   root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients

   fraction

   the quotient of two rational numbers

   type 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