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rational | hutchinsonian |

As adjectives the difference between rational and hutchinsonian

is that rational is capable of reasoning while hutchinsonian is of or pertaining to (1674–1737), english theological writer, who claimed that the bible contained the elements of all rational philosophy.

As nouns the difference between rational and hutchinsonian

is that rational is (mathematics) a rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers while hutchinsonian is a follower of john hutchinson.

rational

English

Alternative forms

* rationall (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rationel, rational, from (etyl)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of reasoning.
  • *
  • Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd.
  • (label) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.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.}}
  • Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
    • ¾ is a rational number, but ?2 is an irrational number.
  • 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.
    • Antonyms
    * (reasonable) absurd, irrational, nonsensical * (capable of reasoning) arational, irrational, non-rational * (number theory) irrational
    Related terms
    * arational * irrational * non-rational * rationale * rationality * rationalness * subrational * suprarational

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rational, from , for which see the first etymology.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
    • The quotient of two rationals''' is again a '''rational .
  • A rational being.
    • (Young)

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    Anagrams

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    hutchinsonian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to (1674–1737), English theological writer, who claimed that the Bible contained the elements of all rational philosophy.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A follower of John Hutchinson.
    • English eponyms (Webster 1913)