RATIONAL


Meaning of RATIONAL in English

■ adjective

1》 based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

2》 able to think sensibly or logically.

3》 having the capacity to reason.

4》 Mathematics (of a number, quantity, or expression) expressible, or containing quantities which are expressible, as a ratio of whole numbers.

Derivatives

~ity noun

~ly adverb

Origin

ME: from L. ~is , from ratio(n-) (see ratio ).

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