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real number  

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  • In mathematics, a real number is a number that can be used to measure a continuous one-dimensional quantity such as a distance, duration or temperature. Here, continuous means that pairs of values can have arbitrarily small differences. Every real number can be almost uniquely represented by an infinite decimal expansion.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number)

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