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Rational   /rˈæʃənəl/  /rˈæʃnəl/   Listen
Rational

adjective
1.
Consistent with or based on or using reason.  "A process of rational inference" , "Rational thought"
2.
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.  Synonyms: intellectual, noetic.  "The triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
3.
Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers.
4.
Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion).
noun
1.
An integer or a fraction.  Synonym: rational number.



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"Rational" Quotes from Famous Books



... lies uncultivated. By thinning the woods and draining the land, the badness of the climate would be lessened. It is already, even without cultivation, very fruitful; and how much this might be increased by a proper and rational mode of treatment. Rich grass grows everywhere, mixed with the best herbs and clover. Fruit grows wild; the vines run up to the tops of the highest trees. It is said that in time of rain the ground is so soft, that only wooden ploughs are used. Turkish corn is most ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer
... this work has been recently appealed to in favour of a visionary theory![86] Astle gravely observes, that "with respect to Writings attributed to the Antediluvians, it seems not only decent but rational to say that we know nothing concerning them." Without alluding to living writers, Dr. Parsons, in his erudite "Remains of Japhet," tracing the origin of the alphabetical character, supposes that letters were known to Adam! Some, too, have noticed astronomical ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli
... to them the exact distinction between the several kinds of white blood corpuscles, a rational definition of leukaemia, polynuclear leucocytosis, and the knowledge of the appearances of degeneration and regeneration of the red blood corpuscles, and of their degeneration in haemoglobinaemic conditions. ...
— Histology of the Blood - Normal and Pathological • Paul Ehrlich
... promote and achieve the protection, scientific study, and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance within the ecological system ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... breasts; her arms singularly strong, at perfect rest; her hands, exquisitely delicate. In her right, she holds a branching and leaf-bearing rod, (the syllogism); in her left, a scorpion with double sting, (the dilemma)—more generally, the powers of rational ...
— Mornings in Florence • John Ruskin


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