ideal vs value

ideal

noun
  • A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. 

  • A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it. 

  • A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring. 

  • A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins). 

  • A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection. 

  • A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍. 

adj
  • Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included. 

  • Optimal; being the best possibility. 

  • Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary. 

  • Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. 

  • Perfect, flawless, having no defects. 

  • Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism. 

value

noun
  • The degree of importance given to something. 

  • The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc. 

  • The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc. 

  • The relative duration of a musical note. 

  • That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. 

  • The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. 

  • The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. 

  • Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. 

  • Precise meaning; import. 

verb
  • To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. 

  • To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. 

  • To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. 

  • To hold dear. 

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