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Offbeat is a related term of irrational.


As nouns the difference between offbeat and irrational

is that offbeat is (music) the beats not normally accented in a measure while irrational is a real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

As adjectives the difference between offbeat and irrational

is that offbeat is unusual, unconventional, not ordinary while irrational is not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.

offbeat

English

Alternative forms

* off-beat, off beat

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
    • The congregation clapped along on the offbeat .
  • (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
  • * 1977 , Lyle W Dorsett, The Queen City: a history of Denver
    • No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1980 , author=Eleanor C. Hein , title=Communication in nursing practice , chapter= citation , isbn=0316354538, 9780316354530 , page=16 , passage=Being an oddball, an offbeat , or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.}}
  • * 2001 , Andrew Yoder, Pirate Radio Stations
    • In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby...

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.
    • He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.

    Anagrams

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    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.