hyperreal

English

Etymology

hyper- + real

Adjective

hyperreal (comparative more hyperreal, superlative most hyperreal)

  1. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.
  2. (mathematics, of a number) Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot be produced by repeatedly adding 1; hence infinite.

Noun

hyperreal (plural hyperreals)

  1. A hyperreal number.
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