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rational in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
    "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
    intellectual  rational  noetic 
  2. consistent with or based on or using reason
    "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
    rational 
  3. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
    "rational numbers"
    rational 
  4. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)
    "a rational analysis"
    rational 
noun
  1. an integer or a fraction
    rational number  rational 
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