English word rational comes from Latin reor (I reckon, calculate.. I think, deem, judge.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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reor | Latin (lat) | I reckon, calculate.. I think, deem, judge. |
ratus | Latin (lat) | ; rat Established, authoritative. Fixed, certain. |
ratio | Latin (lat) | Calculation, account. Manner, method. Reason, explanation. |
rationalis | Latin (lat) | Accounts (attributive). Rational, reasonable, of or possessing reason. Syllogistic. That has a ratio. |
rationale | Malayalam (mal) | |
rational | Old French (fro) | |
rational | English (en) | (mathematics) A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers. (chemistry) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; said of formulae.. (mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not [...] |