Ideal

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Ideal may refer to:

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Mathematics[edit]

Science[edit]

  • 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
  • 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[edit]

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Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Changhe Ideal, a city car produced by a joint-venture of Changhe and Suzuki
  • Ideal 18, a Canadian sailboat design
  • IDEAL Scholars Fund, an American scholarship program for underrepresented students
  • Ideal (newspaper), a Spanish-language newspaper
  • iDEAL, an online payment method in the Netherlands
  • Ideal Industries, an American manufacturer of electrical connectors and tools
  • IDEAL framework (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-term study), a framework for describing the stages of innovation in surgery
  • IDEAL (Interactive Development Environment for an Application Lifecycle), a development language above COBOL for DATACOM/DB

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