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How to pronounce ideal
Say it like this: /aɪˈdi(ə)l/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does ideal mean?
adjPertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
“The idea of ghosts is ridiculous in the extreme; and if you continue to be swayed by ideal terrors —”
Optimal; being the best possibility.
nounA perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
“Varvara Andreevna, when I was very young, I set before myself the ideal of the woman I loved and should be happy to call my wife.”
A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
“However, every R has a minimal prime ideal consisting of left zero-divisors and one of right zero-divisors.”
A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
“1.35 Find a distributive lattice L with no minimal and no maximal prime ideals.”
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