"rational number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rational numbers [plural]
Etymology: From rational + number, ultimately from Latin rationalis + numerus. Compare analogous logarithm, from Ancient Greek. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rational|number}} rational + number, {{der|en|la|rationalis}} Latin rationalis, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-noun}} rational number (plural rational numbers)
  1. (mathematics) A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Numbers Hypernyms: real number, p-adic number Hyponyms (integer): natural number Translations (quotient of integers): rasionale getal (Afrikaans), ռացիոնալ թիվ (ṙacʻional tʻiv) (Armenian), nombre racional [masculine] (Catalan), 有理數 (Chinese Mandarin), 有理数 (yǒulǐshù) (Chinese Mandarin), racionální číslo [neuter] (Czech), rationelt tal [neuter] (Danish), rationaal getal [neuter] (Dutch), racionala nombro (Esperanto), rationaaliluku (Finnish), nombre rationnel [masculine] (French), rationale Zahl [feminine] (German), ρητός αριθμός (ritós arithmós) [masculine] (Greek), racionális szám (Hungarian), ræð tala [feminine] (Icelandic), numero razionale [masculine] (Italian), 有理数 (yūrisū) (alt: ゆうりすう) (Japanese), рационал сан (rasional san) (Kazakh), 유리수 (yurisu) (alt: 有理數) (Korean), numerus rationalis [masculine] (Latin), рациона́лен број (racionálen broj) [masculine] (Macedonian), tauwehe whakahau (Maori), rasjonalt tall [neuter] (Norwegian), liczba wymierna [feminine] (Polish), número racional [masculine] (Portuguese), număr rațional [neuter] (Romanian), рациона́льное число́ (racionálʹnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), рaционaлни број [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), racionalni broj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), número racional [masculine] (Spanish), rationellt tal (Swedish), bilang na tagwayin (Tagalog), rasyonel sayı (Turkish), số hữu tỉ (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūrisū",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "有理数"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "rasional san",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "рационал сан"
    },
    {
      "alt": "有理數",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yurisu",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "유리수"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "numerus rationalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "racionálen broj",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рациона́лен број"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "tauwehe whakahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rasjonalt tall"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liczba wymierna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número racional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "număr rațional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "racionálʹnoje čisló",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рациона́льное число́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рaционaлни број"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "racionalni broj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número racional"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "rationellt tal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "bilang na tagwayin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "rasyonel sayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "quotient of integers",
      "word": "số hữu tỉ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rational number"
}

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