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Nonstandard is a related term of irrational.


As adjectives the difference between nonstandard and irrational

is that nonstandard is not standard while irrational is not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.

As nouns the difference between nonstandard and irrational

is that nonstandard is something that is not standard while irrational is a real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

nonstandard

English

Alternative forms

* non-standard

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not standard.
  • (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
  • *
    • The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser'' has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
    (91)      England put themselves in a position [''whereby that     they took a lot of credit for tonight?s game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)

    Derived terms

    * nonstandard dialect * nonstandard item * nonstandard method * nonstandard unit

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is not standard.
  • * 2008 , Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (page 438)
    • Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards .

    irrational

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
    • an irrational decision
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
    • 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.
    • The number π is irrational .

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics) rational

    Hyponyms

    * (mathematics) transcendental

    Derived terms

    * irrational number * irrationality * irrationalize * irrationalization

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.