Ideal
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Ideal may refer to:
In philosophy
- Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals
- Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato
In mathematics
- Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered in abstract algebra
- Ideal, special subsets of a semigroup
- Ideal (order theory), special kind of lower sets of an order
- Ideal (set theory), a collection of sets regarded as "small" or "negligible"
- Ideal (Lie algebra), a particular subset in Lie algebra
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
- Ideal type, a social science term
- Ideal solution, a solution with thermodynamic properties analogous to those of a mixture of ideal gases
Entertainment
- Ideal Film Company, a leading British film studio of the Silent Era
- 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
- Ideal (album), the 1999 eponymous debut album by the R&B group
Other uses
- Changhe Ideal, a city car produced by a joint-venture of Changhe and Suzuki
- IDEAL Scholars Fund, an American scholarship program for underrepresented students
- Ideal, Georgia, a community in the United States
- iDEAL, an online payment method in the Netherlands
- Ideal Industries, an American manufacturer of electrical connectors and tools
- IDEAL Network, Idea Development Exploration Assessment Long term study, a resource centre for improving the evaluation of interventional therapies
- IDEAL framework (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-term study), a framework for describing the stages of innovation in surgery
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