Uttal

    • IPA: /ɪˈræʃ.(ə.)nəl/
Översättning
Adjektiv
1.irrasyonel

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
  2. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

Substantiv

  1. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

Exempel

  • an irrational decision
  • 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.
  • The number π is irrational.
  • 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.

Böjningsformer

Pluralirrationals
Komparativmore irrational
Superlativmost irrational