All 3 Uses of
irrational
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Reduce Bloom by cross multiplication of reverses of fortune, from which these supports protected him, and by elimination of all positive values to a negligible negative irrational unreal quantity.†
Chpt 17irrational = unreasonable
- What considerations rendered departure not irrational?†
Chpt 17 *
- What would render such return irrational?†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(irrational) not reasonable
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, irrational numbers in mathematics are numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, pi is an irrational number while 1/3 is rational.