Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rational numbers

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: ra-tio-nal num-bers
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of rational number

noun

The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the bold letter Q, or the blackboard bold letter ℚ.

Example Sentences

"Elementary number theory is concerned with the arithmetic properties of the ring of integers, ℤ, and its field of fractions, the rational numbers, ℚ."
"However, if our ring of interest is the rational numbers ℚ, then we see that[…]."
"In the analysis that follows, properties of an ordered quotient field (Birkhoff & MacLane, 1953) are considered, because this chapter is focusing on the rational numbers, a prime example of such a field."

Questions

What does rational numbers mean?: plural of rational number

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