ideaal — meaning in English

English meaning

• ideal adjective Perfect or the best possible for a given purpose.

Senses

ideaal is used for these senses in English:

• ideal Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
• ideal A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
• ideal (algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.

ideal — full definition

1. adjective Perfect or the best possible for a given purpose.
2. noun A standard of perfection that people aim for, even if it can't fully be reached.

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