Definition of real part
: the term in a complex number (such as 2 in 2 + 3i) that does not contain the imaginary unit as a factor
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But this philosophy is a very real part of the financial-services industry.
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And crypto was a real part of our business this past quarter, even though small, overall.
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The Babadook Not satisfied with the shocking over-representation of Babadooks at Pride, your arts-and-craftiest LGBT friends are going to continue insisting that what started as an Internet joke is now a real part of gay pop culture history.
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1949
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