Both Uses of
rational
in
The Hidden Oracle
- I've seen men turn into snakes, ants turn into men, and otherwise rational people dance the macarena.†
p. 63.9 *rational = reasonable
- Then again, some small rational part of me realized she might be right.†
p. 183.5
Definitions:
-
(1)
(rational as in: rational behavior) reasonable, able to think clearly, or based on logic rather than emotion
-
(2)
(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.