Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rational number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: ra-tio-nal num-ber
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rationalis

Inflected Forms

rational numbers (plural)

Synonyms

rational

Antonyms

irrational number

Questions

What does rational number mean?: A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
Where does rational number come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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