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Meaning of word rational from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

rational   noun

Meaning : An integer or a fraction.

Synonyms : rational number

rational   adjective

Meaning : Consistent with or based on or using reason.

Example : Rational behavior.
A process of rational inference.
Rational thought.

Not consistent with or using reason.

Irrational fears.
Irrational animals.
irrational

Meaning : Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.

Example : Intellectual problems.
The triumph of the rational over the animal side of man.

Synonyms : intellectual, noetic

Meaning : Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers.

Example : Rational numbers.

Real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers.

Irrational numbers.
irrational

Meaning : Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion).

Example : A rational analysis.