ideal : Idioms & Phrases

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Beau ideal

  • noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
    paragon; idol; perfection.
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  • . See Beau ideal.
Webster 1913

carnot's ideal cycle

  • noun a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat
    Carnot cycle.
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ego ideal

  • noun (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
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ideal gas

  • noun a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces
    perfect gas.
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ideal solid

  • noun any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
    Platonic body; Platonic solid; regular polyhedron; regular convex polyhedron; regular convex solid.
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