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rational
[ rash-uh-nl, rash-nl ]
adjective
- agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible:
a rational plan for economic development.
- having or exercising reason, sound judgment, or good sense:
a calm and rational negotiator.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
The patient appeared perfectly rational.
Antonyms:
- endowed with the faculty of reason:
rational beings.
- of, relating to, or constituting reasoning powers:
the rational faculty.
- proceeding or derived from reason or based on reasoning:
a rational explanation.
- Mathematics.
- capable of being expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- (of a function) capable of being expressed exactly by a ratio of two polynomials.
- Classical Prosody. capable of measurement in terms of the metrical unit or mora.
noun
- Mathematics. rational number.
rational
/ ˈæʃəə /
adjective
- using reason or logic in thinking out a problem
- in accordance with the principles of logic or reason; reasonable
- of sound mind; sane
the patient seemed quite rational
- endowed with the capacity to reason; capable of logical thought
man is a rational being
- maths expressible as a ratio of two integers or polynomials
a rational number; a rational function
noun
- maths a rational number
Derived Forms
- ˈپDzԲ, adverb
- ˈپDzԲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
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- ·پDz··Ա noun
- ·پ··پDz· adjective
- ···پDz· adjective
- ԴDz··پDz· adjective
- ···پDz· adjective
- ··پDz· adjective
- ܲ·-·پDz· adjective
- ٰԲ··پDz· adjective
- ܱ·ٰ··پDz· adjective
- ܲ··پDz· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rational1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Ross Perot’s and Pat Buchanan’s presidential bids in the 1990s centered on the foreign trade imbalance, but what they offered was more xenophobia than a rational plan to fix the trade deficit.
People are leaving, or not coming to California, for rational reasons — and most of them are economic.
They imagine the American voter as some type of human calculator who makes political decisions to maximize their material, economic, or otherwise “rational” goal and output.
In short, share prices are not always a rational measure of a firm's value, especially in the high-tech sector, or even of its prospects.
His ability for rational thought is limited to his survival instinct.
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