Real
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Real may refer to:
- Reality, something that exists: empiricists/realists hold that physical objects are real, while idealists/anti-realists hold that it is really mental objects that are real. A real object is neither virtual, nor a model nor a forgery. Rhetorically, "real" is a general "hurrah-word" suggesting natural or traditional as opposed to artificial, as in real ale. "Real" may also refer to other realities: sociologic, psychologic, etc.
- Real numbers, in mathematics, the set of numbers made up of all natural, rational and irrational numbers (compare with imaginary numbers)
- Real estate, in commerce, the market for land as owned and soluble property
- Real, Quezon, a municipality in the Philippines
- 4 parishes (freguesias) in Portugal bear the name Real
- RealNetworks, an Internet media provider
- Real (bicycle manufacturer), a bicycle manufacturer
- Real (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), an album by the Japanese rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel
- Real (manga), a manga by Takehiko Inoue about wheelchair basketball
- Real (Lacan), an aspect of human psychic structure according to Jacques Lacan
- "Real" (which also means royal) is a common word in the names of Spanish football clubs, such as Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Valladolid, Real Betis, Real Zaragoza, Real Oviedo and similarly named football (soccer) clubs in other countries, such as Real Salonica in Greece and Real Salt Lake in the United States.
Relating to money and economics:
- Real value, in economics, the value of anything expressed in money corrected for inflation
- Brazilian real (plural reais), the currency of Brazil
- Spanish real, a unit of currency in Spain for several centuries
- Portuguese real, the unit of currency in Portugal until 1911
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