OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 1425

rational

/ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
racional
Capable of reasoning.
Man is a rational creature.
The utility of valid arguments is a monument to our frailty: to the fact that we are not completely rational beings.
razonable
Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
His statements were quite rational.
Prevention for the future is now almost universally allowed to be the only rational plea for the infliction of punishment; but this, when left to the arbitrary discretion of indivi…
racional
Comprising, or expressible as, a ratio
¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number.