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- (noun): A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
- (adjective): Capable of reasoning.
- (adjective): Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd.
- (adjective): (of a person or personal characteristics) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
- (adjective): Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
- (adjective): Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.
- (adjective): Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; said of formulae.
- (adjective): Expressing a physical object.
- The quotient of two rationals is again a rational.
- Man is a rational creature.
- His statements were quite rational.
- rational conduct
- ¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number.