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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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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

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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2014

If a fox will only run straight, heading from the cover on his real line, these very sagacious gentlemen seldom come to much honour and glory.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony