Integral vs Rational - What's the difference?
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Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable
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(mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
(mathematics) Relating to integration.
(obsolete) whole; undamaged
* Francis Bacon
(mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.
(mathematics)
Capable of reasoning.
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Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd.
(label) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
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, title= Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.
(label) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; said of formulae.
(mathematics) A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
A rational being.
As an initialism integral
is (space|esa) (a satellite of the european space agency).As an adjective rational is
capable of reasoning.As a noun rational is
(mathematics) a rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.integral
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.
- A local motion keepeth bodies integral .
Synonyms
* (constituting a whole) immanent, inherent, necessaryDerived terms
* integral brick * integral closure * integral cosmology * integral cuboid * integral current * integral curvature * integral curve * integral domain * integral drawing * integral ecology * integral element * integral energy * integral extension * integral fast reactor * integral field unit * integral function * integral geometry * integral graph * integral homology group * integral kernel * integral membrane protein * integral politics * integral polygedron * integral polynomial * integral post-metaphysics * integral psychology * integral transformative practice * integral yoga * integrityNoun
(wikipedia integral) (en noun)- The integral of on is .
- The integral of is plus a constant.
Synonyms
* (limit of sums) definite integral * (antiderivative) antiderivative, indefinite integral,Antonyms
* (antiderivative) derivativeDerived terms
* definite integral * half-integral * improper integral * indefinite integral * integral calculus * integral equation * integral theory * integral transform * integration * Riemann integral * Riemann-Stieltjes integral * Lebesgue integralAnagrams
* * * * English heteronyms ----rational
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Alternative forms
* rationall (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rationel, rational, from (etyl)Adjective
(en adjective)Magician’s brain, passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
- ¾ is a rational number, but ?2 is an irrational number.
Antonyms
* (reasonable) absurd, irrational, nonsensical * (capable of reasoning) arational, irrational, non-rational * (number theory) irrationalEtymology 2
From (etyl) rational, from , for which see the first etymology.Noun
(en noun)- The quotient of two rationals''' is again a '''rational .
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