irrational

Examples

• All

• The way I look at it, if a country hands itself over to the irrationals it's every man for himself.

  The Honorary Consul (1983)

• And so they tried to find patterns and irrationals because they considered them a threat.

• So I I think we need a representation of irrational numbers where the numbers don't believe that the Earth is round.

• Have a pleasant holiday, and we'll resume your irrationals when you return.

  The Imitation Game (2014)

• Irrationals don't hold her interest yet.

  Fiction book (1998)

• For someone among the "brights," I would hope that you shine more brightly to amaze us irrationals.

  Blog text (4)

• The square root of 2 is an irrational number because it cannot be expressed as a fraction.

• Many students struggle to understand that irrational numbers exist between whole numbers on the number line.

Synonyms

I

irrational number

vsirrational

• Specialized

1 5.6

A number that cannot be written as a fraction, for example π or √2

is the same meaning but uses a shorter single-word form

S

surd

vsirrational

• UK

9.9

A number that cannot be written as a simple fraction, often a square root

covers any real nonfraction number, not only root-derived ones

Antonyms

R

rational number

• Specialized

1 3.8

A number that can be written as a fraction like 3/4 or -1/2

Compounds

I

irrational number

• Specialized

1 5.6

A number that cannot be written as a fraction, for example π or √2

I

irrational hostility

8.2

A strong dislike of a person or group without good reason

I

irrational impulse

8.0

A sudden strong wish to do something without a clear reason

I

irrational motive

7.7

A reason for doing something that is not logical or sensible

Surface Forms

Etymology