irrational

== English == === Etymology === From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭră'sh(ə)nəl, IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/ Rhymes: -æʃənəl === Adjective === irrational (comparative more irrational, superlative most irrational) Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed. July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1] Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers. Antonym: rational Hyponyms: transcendental, uncomputable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === irrational (plural irrationals) (mathematics) A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “irrational”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “irrational”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “irrational”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “irrational”, in Collins English Dictionary. “irrational” (US) / “irrational” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. == German == === Alternative forms === irrationell === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːl/, /ɪʁat͡si̯oˈnaːl/ === Adjective === irrational (strong nominative masculine singular irrationaler, comparative irrationaler, superlative am irrationalsten) irrational ==== Declension ====