real variable

American  

[ree-uhl, reel] / ˈri əl, ril /

noun

Mathematics.

1. a variable to which only real numbers are assigned as values.

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Example Sentences

“So the real variable is, do we get a few more folks working in their offices, a few days a week, at least.”

From Seattle Times

Turnout was the only real variable.

From BBC

The only real variable costs are U.S. gas prices and fuel costs, about $3 per million BTU.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The real variable is what are you getting and what are you paying for it,” he said in a telephone interview.

From BusinessWeek

For this it is sufficient, as in the case of an integral of a function of one real variable, to prove this to be so when the convergence is obtained by taking new points of division intermediate to the former ones.

From Project Gutenberg