Associations to the word «Irrational»

Wiktionary

IRRATIONAL, adjective. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
IRRATIONAL, adjective. (mathematics) (arithmetic) (number theory) (not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
IRRATIONAL, noun. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
IRRATIONAL NUMBER, noun. (mathematics) Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
IRRATIONAL NUMBERS, noun. Plural of irrational number

Dictionary definition

IRRATIONAL, noun. A real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number.
IRRATIONAL, adjective. Not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals".
IRRATIONAL, adjective. Real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers; "irrational numbers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats