English-French translations for real number

• nombre réel
  Le nombre réel de cas est estimé entre cinq et dix fois supérieur à celui des cas signalés. It is estimated that the real number of cases is five to ten times higher than the number of cases reported.
  En effet, le nombre de personnes prises en flagrant délit est minime par rapport au nombre réel de pollutions délibérées. The number of people caught in the act is actually minimal compared with the real number of deliberate acts of pollution.
  Le gouvernement australien a calculé que le nombre réel d'actes de piraterie est deux cent pour cent plus élevé. The Australian Government has calculated that the real number of acts of piracy is two thousand per cent higher.

Definition of real number

• The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one
• A floating-point number

Examples

• Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa.
• Even if you pass sqrt an integer, it returns a real number.

Related words

• real numbers
• surreal number
• real number line
• set of real numbers
• binary real number