Definizione monolingua

irrational

irrational (plural irrationals)

1. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24:

     The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.

irrational (comparative more irrational, superlative most irrational)

1. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.

   an irrational decision

2. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

   The number ? is irrational.

Definizione dizionario irrational

irragionevole

irrazionale

numero irrazionale

senza senso

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mathematics: of a number

unfounded or nonsensical

Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.

A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

(mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

Not characterized by truth or logic.