Ideal
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Ideal may refer to:
- Ideal (ethics), principles or values that one actively pursues as goals
- Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato
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[edit] In mathematics
- Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered in abstract algebra
- Ideal (order theory), special kind of lower sets of an order
- Ideal (set theory), a collection of sets regarded as "small" or "negligible"
[edit] In science
- Ideal chain, in science, the simplest model describing a polymer
- Ideal gas law, in physics, governing the pressure of an ideal gas
- Ideal transformer, an electrical transformer having zero resistance and perfect magnetic threading
- Ideal final result, in TRIZ methodology, the best possible solution
- Ideality (Phrenology), in phrenology, the disposition towards refinement and perfection
- Thought experiment, sometimes called an ideal experiment
[edit] Entertainment
- Ideal (TV series), a British situation comedy
- Ideal (band), late 1990s/2000s American R&B group
- Ideal (German band), early 1980s German rock group
- Ideal Toy Company, a now defunct toy company
[edit] Other uses
- IDEAL Scholars Fund, an American scholarship program for underrepresented students
- Ideal, Georgia, a community in the United States
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