rational
//ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more rational
- Superlative
- most rational
- Plural
- rationals
Definitions
1.Capable of reasoning.
- The utility of valid arguments is a monument to our frailty: to the fact that we are not completely rational beings.
- Man is a rational creature.
2.Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
- His statements were quite rational.
3.Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
- Temperature 99.8 degrees. Pulse 104. She was quite conscious and rational at times, at others very noisy.
4.Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
1.A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
- The quotient of two rationals is again a rational.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4009
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Old French rationel, rational
From Latin rationalis (“of or belonging to reason, rational, reasonable; having a ratio”)
From ratio (“reason; calculation”).