Real number
WordNet
noun
(1) Any rational or irrational number
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An element of the set of real numbers.; the set of real numbers include the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, but not all complex numbers.
- Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa.
- A floating-point number.
- Even if you pass sqrt an integer, it returns a real number.