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The word real has many different meanings:
- Real is something that exists, in the physical sense. A real object is neither virtual, nor a model nor a forgery.
- It may also refer to other realities: sociologic, psychologic, etc.
- In mathematics, real numbers (R) are the set of numbers made up of all all natural, rational and irrational numbers (compare with imaginary numbers).
- In economics, real numbers are in contrast to nominal numbers.
- in commerce, real estate refers to the market for land as owned and soluble property.
- Real, Quezon is a municipality in the Philippines.
- Real, the currency of Brazil.
- Real is the name of 4 Freguesias in Portugal.
- RealNetworks is an Internet media provider.
- Real is a bicycle manufacturer.
- REAL is the name of an album by the Japanese rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel.
- Real is a aspect of human psychic structure according to Jacques Lacan.
- "Real" is a common word in the names of Spanish football clubs like Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Valladolid, Real Betis, Real Zaragoza, Real Oviedo and similarly named football (soccer) clubs in other countries.