real part

[ree-uhl, reel]
noun Mathematics.
the number a in the complex number a + bi.
Compare imaginary part.


Origin:
1960–65

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real part
 
n
the term a in a complex number a + ib, where i = √--1

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Example sentences
The real part of the refractive index was measured by an oil immersion technique.
Every individual, every people has a past, always part real part imagined.
Risk is a real part of life that cannot be completely avoided by anyone.
It was about whether action outside a system that few of us are, or can be, a real part of can affect the world.
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