Irrational vs Disorderly - What's the difference?
irrational | disorderly | Related terms |
Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.24:
Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.
Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.
(legal) Offensive to good morals and public decency.
Irrational is a related term of disorderly.
As adjectives the difference between irrational and disorderly
is that irrational is not rational; unfounded or nonsensical while disorderly is not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.As a noun irrational
is a real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.irrational
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an irrational decision
- 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.
- The number π is irrational .
Antonyms
* (mathematics) rationalHyponyms
* (mathematics) transcendentalDerived terms
* irrational number * irrationality * irrationalize * irrationalizationNoun
(en noun)- The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.
disorderly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The books and papers are in a disorderly state.
- disorderly''' people; '''disorderly assemblies
- a disorderly house