Hyperideal

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ideal of a semihypergroup.

    "Moreover, there are only four hyperbolic honeycombs with material vertices and material cells (the cells are entirely inside of hyperbolic space), eleven with ideal vertices or cells (the cells touch the boundary of hyperbolic space in some way), and all others have either hyperideal vertices or hyperideal cells (the cells go outside of the boundary of hyperbolic space in some way)."

  2. 2
    A form of salvarsan that was introduced by Paul Ehrlich, but soon found to be prone to severe side effects.

    "“From the many' reports that have appeared on the subject it is evident that the '606, or 'Hyperideal,' or whatever other name it may bear by the time these words are published, does not keep well, the injection is painful, and the fever and other signs of a reaction compel vigilant oversight for a few days."

  3. 3
    An extreme ideal.

    "In this scene, the ten incarcerated children perform the hyperideal of US liberty from within a concentration camp established by the US government for its own citizens."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely idealized.

    "We hope also that the cultured Englishman in the same way knows our Schiller otherwise than through Carlyle's hyperideal pen-and-ink sketch without shadow and without colour ; and which omits trace of the most striking ideas of Schiller's great wrestle with Kant, and for which another mentor is needful than the Apocalyptic Carlyle."

  2. 2
    Extremely close to the ideal.

    "Although the first samples produced in a small test plant had been evaluated as of ideal quality (hyperideal), production at an industrial scale generated manifold problems."

Example

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"Moreover, there are only four hyperbolic honeycombs with material vertices and material cells (the cells are entirely inside of hyperbolic space), eleven with ideal vertices or cells (the cells touch the boundary of hyperbolic space in some way), and all others have either hyperideal vertices or hyperideal cells (the cells go outside of the boundary of hyperbolic space in some way)."

Etymology

From hyper- + ideal.

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