Rational - Definition
rational
adj 1: consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational
behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational
thought" [ant: irrational]
2: of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;
"intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over
the animal side of man" [syn: intellectual, rational,
noetic]
3: capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers;
"rational numbers" [ant: irrational]
4: having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as
distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational
analysis"
n 1: an integer or a fraction [syn: rational number,
rational]