rationality

n 1: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his

rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely

less on reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: {reason},

{reasonableness}]

2: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic [syn:

{rationalness}]

rational

[Mathematics] a fractional number n/d, where n and d are

integers, n is the numerator and d is the denominator. The

set of all rational numbers is usually called Q.

Computers do not usually deal with rational numbers but

instead convert them to {real} numbers which are represented

(approximately in some cases) as {floating-point} numbers.

Compare {irrational}.