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- noun Plural form of
rational .
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Examples
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The shortcoming of the rationals, that is overcome by defining the reals, is a somewhat subtle theoretical point.
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Once upon a time he was an uncompromising partisan of 'rationals' and 'bloomers,' a warm adherent of the views which Lady Harberton and her friends uphold.
With Zola in England Vizetelly, Ernest A 1899
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Marie was already dressed in a chemisette of fawn-coloured silk, and a little jacket and "rationals" of black serge, and it was such a warm, bright April day that she was not inclined to renounce her trip.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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Marie was already dressed in a chemisette of fawn-coloured silk, and a little jacket and "rationals" of black serge, and it was such a warm, bright April day that she was not inclined to renounce her trip.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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Marie was already dressed in a chemisette of fawn-coloured silk, and a little jacket and "rationals" of black serge, and it was such a warm, bright April day that she was not inclined to renounce her trip.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 4 ��mile Zola 1871
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… but she was later shown wearing bloomers, also known as 'rationals', relatively radical attire for the day:
Quickrelease.tv Carlton Reid 2010
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Some that do might give rationals with huge numerators and denominators, and the computation of these can be really slow compared to the machine-arithmetic approximations that are just fine for display purposes.
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There are various rationals for this, from wanting to improve the environment, to getting America off of foreign energy sources.
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I wondered if I was the only one that noticed how Bush just kept trotting out completely different rationals for going to war with Iraq.
Obama: It's Time For A Real Offensive Against Terrorism 2009
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Oh, calm down, I think it's pretty clear I meant the changing rationals/official characterizations of US policy in Iraq.
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