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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.


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"I think the real line in the sand is 150," added Wakabayashi, who expects diverging monetary policy outlooks in Japan and the United States to continue to push the currency pair higher.

From Reuters • May 31, 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

Reuters, which earlier reported the news, cited Netflix and production company Siren Pictures as saying they purposefully did not include a complete number and weren’t aware the number shown would reach a real line.

From The Verge • Oct. 6, 2021

For example, the rational numbers within the real line are a null set even though there are infinitely many of them.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2021

The difficulty for others is to discern any real line of demarcation between the practices of civilised and uncivilised.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

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