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real line

American  
[ree-uhl, reel] / ˈri əl, ril /

noun

Mathematics.
  1. number line.

  2. the real axis in the complex plane.


Example Sentences

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Elsner “suggested ‘Zopf’ because of how the numbers twist around the real line and how, in a sense, my life took a similar twisting journey via mathematics,” Havens says.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2023

“No one gets to pick on my brother except for me” is a real line that my sister said while defending me from bullies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Susan Fowler wrote her last real line of code at Uber.

From The Verge • Feb. 19, 2020

There is no real line in the sand that’s been crossed here.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2014

"But do you imagine that in politics you have found your real line?"

From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George