"irrational number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: irrational numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} irrational number (plural irrational numbers)
  1. (mathematics) Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers. Wikipedia link: irrational number Categories (topical): Mathematics, Numbers Related terms: algebraic number, transcendental number Translations (real number that is not rational): իռացիոնալ թիվ (iṙacʻional tʻiv) (Armenian), nombre irracional [masculine] (Catalan), 無理數 (Chinese Mandarin), 无理数 (wúlǐshù) (Chinese Mandarin), iracionální číslo [neuter] (Czech), neracionala nombro (Esperanto), irrationaaliluku (Finnish), nombre irrationnel [masculine] (French), irrationale Zahl [feminine] (German), άρρητος αριθμός (árritos arithmós) [masculine] (Greek), irracionális szám (Hungarian), óræð tala [feminine] (Icelandic), bilangan irasional (Indonesian), uimhir éagóimheasta [feminine] (Irish), numero irrazionale [masculine] (Italian), 無理数 (murisū) (alt: むりすう) (Japanese), иррационал сан (irrasional san) (Kazakh), 무리수 (murisu) (alt: 無理數) (Korean), numerus irrationalis [masculine] (Latin), ирациона́лен број (iracionálen broj) [masculine] (Macedonian), tau kewha (Maori), liczba niewymierna [feminine] (Polish), número irracional [masculine] (Portuguese), număr irațional [neuter] (Romanian), иррациона́льное число́ (irracionálʹnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), ирaционaлни брой [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), iracionalni broj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), número irracional [masculine] (Spanish), bilang na ditagwayin (Tagalog), irrasyonel sayı (Turkish), số vô tỉ (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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