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Meanings of rational in English
Consistent with or based on or using reason.
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Examples for "rational number"
Examples for "rational number"
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We have proved that the square root of two is not a rational number.
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In theory, therefore, any rational number can be expressed with a single mark on a bar of metal.
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A ratio makes a rational number?
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In this study, college students completed a rational number magnitude task, procedural arithmetic tasks in fraction and decimal notation, and an algebra assessment.
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Recent research suggests that fraction understanding is predictive of algebra ability; however, the relative contributions of various aspects of rational number knowledge are unclear.
Usage of rational in English
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Clear and agreed policies help a funding organisation make objective, rational decisions.
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Beyond these basic points, however, many dissidents part company with rational analysis.
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It was not rational; Apollo had certainly not given rise to it.
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It's rational, we say, because return on investment is our highest good.
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Conclusions: More rational psychopharmacological treatments for severe self-injurious behaviour may become available.
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But perhaps the anti-campylobacter message has been far too safe and rational.
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He said there was only one rational explanation for 1080's continued use.
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There is no possible rational mechanism as to how it might work.
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Asset prices often do strange things in ways that defy rational explanation.
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These claims have no place in a rational discussion of our future.
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Therefore prudence is in the appetitive rather than in the rational faculty.
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How should the rational investor take on board the situation in Iran?
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These people should be addressed on as rational a level as possible.
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The universe is in its nature rational; Thought and Being are one.
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There is no rational connection in the sequence of images and ideas.
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The idea of a juster and more rational social state pleased him.
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Rational through the time
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