IRRATIONAL


Meaning of IRRATIONAL in English

adj.1 illogical; unreasonable.

2 not endowed with reason.

3 Math. (of a root etc.) not rational; not commensurate with the natural numbers (e.g. a non-terminating decimal).

Derivatives:

irrationality n. irrationalize v.tr. (also -ise). irrationally adv.

Etymology: L irrationalis (as IN-(1), RATIONAL)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.