Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goalsPlatonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato
In mathematics
Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered in abstract algebraIdeal, special subsets of a semigroupIdeal (order theory), special kind of lower sets of an orderIdeal (set theory), a collection of sets regarded as "small" or "negligible"Ideal (Lie algebra), a particular subset in lie algebra
In science
Ideal chain, in science, the simplest model describing a polymerIdeal gas law, in physics, governing the pressure of an ideal gasIdeal transformer, an electrical transformer having zero resistance and perfect magnetic threadingIdeal Final Result, in TRIZ methodology, the best possible solutionIdeality (phrenology), in phrenology, the disposition towards refinement and perfectionThought experiment, sometimes called an ideal experimentIdeal type, a social science termIdeal solution, a solution with thermodynamic properties analogous to those of a mixture of ideal gases
Entertainment
Ideal Film Company, a leading British film studio of the Silent EraIdeal (TV series), a British situation comedyIdeal (band), late 1990s/2000s American R&B groupIdeal (German band), early 1980s German rock groupIdeal Toy Company, a now defunct toy companyIdeal (album), the 1999 eponymous debut album by the R&B group
Other uses
Changhe Ideal, a city car produced by a joint-venture of Changhe and SuzukiIDEAL Scholars Fund, an American scholarship program for underrepresented studentsIdeal, Georgia, a community in the United StatesiDEAL, an online payment method in the NetherlandsIdeal Industries, an American manufacturer of electrical connectors and toolsIDEAL Network, Idea Development Exploration Assessment Long term study, a resource centre for improving the evaluation of interventional therapies
Places
Ideal, IllinoisIdeal, South DakotaIdeal Mini School
