| real | Royal; regal; kingly. "The blood real of Thebes." 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. "Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed." (Milton) 2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. "Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity." (Milton) 5. Relating to things, not to persons. "Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business." (Bacon) 4. <mathematics> Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 5. Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. Chattels real, a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Synonym: Actual, true, genuine, authentic. Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. "For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault." (Dryden) "Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things." (Locke) Origin: LL. Realis, fr. L. Res, rei, a thing: cf. F. Reel. Cf. Rebus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| real focus | The point of meeting of convergent rays. (05 Mar 2000) |
| real image | An image formed by the convergence of the actual rays of light from an object. Synonym: inverted image. (05 Mar 2000) |
| real-time ultrasonography | Rapid serial ultrasound images produced using a phased array or scanning transducer; produces a video display of organ motion, such as heart valve or foetal motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| realgar | <chemical> Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red colour; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product. Origin: F. Realgar, Sp. Rejalgar, Ar. Rahj al ghar powder of the mine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| reality | That which exists objectively and in fact, and can be consensually validated. Origin: L. Res, thing, fact (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality adaptation | The ability to adjust to the world as it exists. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality awareness | The ability to distinguish external objects as being different from oneself. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality principle | The concept that the pleasure principle in personality development is modified by the demands of external reality; the principle or force that compels the growing child to adapt to the demands of external reality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality testing | The individual's objective evaluation of the external world and the ability to differentiate adequately between it and the internal world; considered to be a primary ego function. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reality therapy | A form of therapy in which the patient learns to fulfill his needs of involvement and responsibility which are basic to facing and accepting reality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| realm | 1. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom. "The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually alone." (Motley) 2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy. Origin: OE. Realme, ream, reaume, OF. Reialme, roialme, F. Royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. Regalimen, from L. Regalis royal. See Regal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| image real | <microscopy> An image as formed by a lens on a screen, plate or any plane surface. See: image, virtual. (05 Aug 1998) |
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