Definition of "ideal"
- adjective
Optimal; being the best possibility.
Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
- noun
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.
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