English-Italian translations for rational

• razionale
  E' intellettualmente razionale. It is intellectually rational.
  Oggetto: Direttiva sulla programmazione razionale Subject: Rational Planning Directive
  E’ una soluzione efficace e razionale? Is this an effective and rational way?
• pensante

Definition of rational

• Capable of reasoning
• Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd
• Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness
• Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers
• Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials
• Expressing a physical object
• A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers
• The breastplate worn by Israelite high priests

Examples

• Man is a rational creature
• His statements were quite rational
• rational conduct
• ¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number.
• A rational table is physical, a written table is neither
• The quotient of two rationals is again a rational.

Related words

• rationalize
• rationality
• rationalization
• generational
• intergenerational
• rationally
• irrational
• inspirational
• rationale