consistent with or based on or using reason; rational behavior; a process of rational inference; rational thought'

capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; rational numbers'

an integer or a fraction

[ Syn: rational number ]

of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; intellectual problems; the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man

[ Syn: intellectual , noetic ]

having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion); a rational analysis'