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IRRATIONAL NUMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does irrational number mean?
• IRRATIONAL NUMBER (noun)
The noun IRRATIONAL NUMBER has 1 sense:
1. a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
Familiarity information: IRRATIONAL NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
irrational; irrational number
Hypernyms ("irrational number" is a kind of...):
real; real number (any rational or irrational number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irrational number"):
transcendental number (an irrational number that is not algebraic)
algebraic number (root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients)
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