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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky