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RATIONAL NUMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rational number mean?
• RATIONAL NUMBER (noun)
The noun RATIONAL NUMBER has 1 sense:
1. an integer or a fraction
Familiarity information: RATIONAL NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An integer or a fraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
rational; rational number
Hypernyms ("rational number" is a kind of...):
real; real number (any rational or irrational number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rational number"):
fraction (the quotient of two rational numbers)
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