rational
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: algebra
algebraic-geometry
arithmetic
chemistry
economics
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Old French rationel, rational, from Latin rationalis (“of or belonging to reason, rational, reasonable; having a ratio”), from ratio (“reason; calculation”).
Inflected forms:
form: more rational
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rational
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: rationall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: rationals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rationall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Capable of reasoning.
pos: adj
examples: Man is a rational creature.
The utility of valid arguments is a monument to our frailty: to the fact that we are not completely rational beings.
gloss: Capable of reasoning.
pos: adj
gloss: Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
pos: adj
examples: His statements were quite rational.
Prevention for the future is now almost universally allowed to be the only rational plea for the infliction of punishment; but this, when left to the arbitrary discretion of individuals, always has been found, and always will be found, to degenerate into the exercise of revenge for the past.
gloss: Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
pos: adj
examples: rational conduct
Temperature 99.8 degrees. Pulse 104. She was quite conscious and rational at times, at others very noisy.
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
gloss: Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: ¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number.
gloss: Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: synonymous replacement for "condensed" in condensed formula.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
pos: noun
examples: The quotient of two rationals is again a rational.
Antonyms: absurd
irrational
nonsensical
arbitrary
arational
non-rational
Related words: arational
irrational
non-rational
rationale
rationality
rationalness
subrational
suprarational
Derived words: antirational
biorational
birational
contrarational
extrarational
hyperrational
nonrational
overrational
prerational
preterrational
pseudorational
Ratfor
rational basis review
rational choice theory
rational dress
rational egoism
rational egoist
rational function
rational horizon
rationalisation
rationalism
rationalist
rationalistic
rationalization
rationally
rational numbers
rational root theorem
rational selfishness
rational symptom
semirational
superrational
transrational
ultrarational
unirational
unrational
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բանական
roman: banakan
lang: Bulgarian
word: разумен
roman: razumen
lang: Catalan
word: racional
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 合理的
roman: hélǐ de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 理性的
roman: lǐxìng de
lang: Czech
word: racionální
lang: Finnish
word: rationaalinen
lang: French
word: rationnel
lang: French
word: rationnelle
lang: German
word: vernünftig
lang: German
word: sinnvoll
lang: German
word: rational
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λογικός
roman: logikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔμφρων
roman: émphrōn
lang: Hindi
word: तार्किक
roman: tārkik
lang: Hungarian
word: értelmes
lang: Indonesian
word: rasional
lang: Italian
word: razionale
lang: Italian
word: lucido
lang: Macedonian
word: рациона́лен
roman: racionálen
lang: Macedonian
word: ра́зумен
roman: rázumen
lang: Old English
word: ġesċeādwīs
lang: Polish
word: racjonalny
lang: Portuguese
word: racional
lang: Romanian
word: rațional
lang: Russian
word: мы́слящий
roman: mýsljaščij
lang: Russian
word: разу́мный
roman: razúmnyj
lang: Russian
word: рациона́льный
roman: racionálʹnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ciallach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рационалан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: разуман
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: racionalan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: razuman
lang: Spanish
word: racional
lang: Armenian
word: ռացիոնալ
roman: ṙacʻional
lang: Bulgarian
word: рационален
roman: racionalen
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 有理
roman: yǒulǐ
lang: Finnish
word: rationaali-
lang: German
word: rational
lang: Greek
word: ρητός
roman: ritós
lang: Hindi
word: परिमेय
roman: parimey
lang: Icelandic
word: ræður
lang: Japanese
word: 有理の
roman: yūri no
lang: Macedonian
word: рациона́лен
roman: racionálen
lang: Portuguese
word: racional
lang: Russian
word: рациона́льный
roman: racionálʹnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рационалан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: racionalan
lang: Spanish
word: racional
lang: Tagalog
word: matwirin
lang: Ukrainian
word: раціона́льний
roman: racionálʹnyj