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

From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 19, 2011

The real variable is the individual, not the race.

From Sex and Society by William I. Thomas

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