Ideal

{{wiktionary|Ideal|ideal|ideals}} '''Ideal''' may refer to:

==Philosophy== * Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals * Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato

==Mathematics== * Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered in abstract algebra * Ideal, special subsets of a semigroup * Ideal (order theory), special kind of lower sets of an order * Ideal on a set, a collection of sets regarded as "small" or "negligible" * Ideal (Lie algebra), a particular subset in a Lie algebra * Ideal point, a boundary point in hyperbolic geometry * Ideal triangle, a triangle in hyperbolic geometry whose vertices are ideal points

==Science== * Ideal chain, in science, the simplest model describing a polymer * Ideal gas law, in physics, governing the pressure of an ideal gas * Ideal transformer, an electrical transformer having zero resistance and perfect magnetic threading * Ideal final result, in TRIZ methodology, the best possible solution * Thought experiment, sometimes called an ideal experiment * Ideal type, a social science term * Ideal solution, a solution with thermodynamic properties analogous to those of a mixture of ideal gases

==Arts and entertainment== * Ideal (group), a late-1990s/2000s American R&B group * Ideal (German band), an early-1980s German rock group * ''Ideal'' (album), a 1999 album by the R&B group Ideal * ''An Ideal'', a 2016 album by Li Ronghao * ''Ideal'' (novel), a 1934 novel by Ayn Rand, published in 2015 ** ''Ideal'' (play), a 1936 play by Ayn Rand, adapted from the novel, published in 1989 * ''Ideal'' (TV series), a British situation comedy * Ideal Film Company, a British film studio of the Silent Era * Ideal Ice Cream, an ice cream company * Ideal Toy Company, a defunct toy company * Ideals (sculpture), a 1992 bronze sculpture by Muriel Castanis

== Media == * Ideal TV, a defunct Brazilian television channel * TV Ideal, a former name of TV Integração Ituitaba, a television station in Ituitaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

==Places== * Ideal, Georgia * Ideal, Illinois * Ideal, South Dakota * Ideal Mini School

==Miscellaneous== * Changhe Ideal, a city car produced by a joint-venture of Changhe and Suzuki * Ideal 18, a Canadian sailboat design * ''Ideal'' (newspaper), a Spanish-language newspaper * iDEAL, an online payment method in the Netherlands * Ideal Industries, an American manufacturer of electrical connectors and tools * IDEAL framework (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-term study), a framework for describing the stages of innovation in surgery * IDEAL (Interactive Development Environment for an Application Lifecycle), a development language above COBOL for DATACOM/DB

==See also== {{canned search|ideal}} * {{in title|plural=yes}} * {{lookfrom}} * Idealism (disambiguation) * Idea * Idol (disambiguation) * Idle (disambiguation) * Idyl (disambiguation)