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rational number

rational number noun: a number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.

Noun

rational number (plural rational numbers)

  1. A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.

rational number meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

rational number in Hindi

quotient of integers
परिमेय संख्या parimey saṅkhyā

rational number in Tamil

விகிதமுறு எண்

rational number in Bengali

quotient of integers
মূলদ সংখ্যা mulod śoṅkha

rational number in Malayalam

ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ
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rational number in Tagalog
bilang na tagwayin
rational number in Thai
จำนวนตรรกยะ jam-nuuan-dtàk-gà-yá
rational number in Vietnamese
số hữu tỉ

Antonyms of rational number

Forms of rational number

pluralrational numbers

Origin of rational number

From rational + number, ultimately from Latin rationalis + numerus. Compare analogous logarithm, from Ancient Greek.

Questions about rational number

What does rational number mean?
Rational number means a number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
What is rational number in Hindi?
Rational number in Hindi is परिमेय संख्या (parimey saṅkhyā). See Rational number meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rational number?
Rational number is a noun.
What is the plural of rational number?
The plural of rational number is rational numbers.

Words near rational number in the dictionary

  1. rational egoists
  2. rational function
  3. rational functions
  4. rational horizon
  5. rational horizons
  6. rational number
  7. rational numbers
  8. rational root theorem
  9. rational selfishness
  10. rational symptom
  11. rational symptoms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rational number (page history and authors); rational number (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rational number (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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