All 3 Uses of
rational
in
Childhood's End
- Though it had always been obvious to any rational mind that all the world's religious writings could not be true, the shock was nevertheless profound.†
Chpt 6rational = reasonable
- It was scarcely surprising that he could not give a very rational account of what had happened.†
Chpt 16
- I've never believed in the supernatural: I'm no scientist, but I think there's a rational explanation for everything.†
Chpt 18 *
Definitions:
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(rational as in: rational behavior) reasonable, able to think clearly, or based on logic rather than emotion
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, rational numbers in mathematics are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, 1/3 is a rational number while pi is an irrational number.