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Meanings of rational numbers in English

Russian
рациональные числа
Portuguese
racionais
Spanish
conjunto de números racionales
Catalan
conjunt dels nombres racionals

Set of number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.

Related terms
рациональные числа
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Examples for "rational"
Examples for "rational"
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Clear and agreed policies help a funding organisation make objective, rational decisions.
The Irish Times
2
Beyond these basic points, however, many dissidents part company with rational analysis.
The Irish Times
3
It was not rational; Apollo had certainly not given rise to it.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
4
It's rational, we say, because return on investment is our highest good.
The good son: a novel
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Conclusions: More rational psychopharmacological treatments for severe self-injurious behaviour may become available.
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Usage of rational numbers in English
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For this reason, they are often called the rational numbers or rationals for short.
The Irish Times
2
Therefore, the group of odd over even rational numbers cannot have the square root of two in it!
The Second Story of Meno / A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue ...
3
Integers, on the other hand, are rational numbers because they can be thought of as fractions whose denominators are 1.
The Irish Times
4
As any student of maths can tell you, while the real numbers are uncountable, the rational numbers are indeed a countable set.
The Irish Times
5
In your journey from one end to the other you'll encounter the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, most notably the transcendentals.
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Boy: We want to see if this square root of two we discovered the other day is a member of the rational numbers?
The Second Story of Meno / A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue ...
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We develop a model similar to a bilayer fractional quantum Hall system valid near simple rational numbers of magnetic flux quanta per lattice cell.
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Furthermore, whether this relationship is notation-dependent or rather relies upon a general understanding of rational numbers (independent of notation) is an open question.
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