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rational (adjective), more rational, most rational
1. Descriptive of an action or idea which is sensible, reasonable, and logical: When people are angry, they seldom behave in a rational way.
2. Referring to a supposition or an assumption which is based on intelligent thinking: There is a rational expectation that a storm is existing when thunder and lightening are providing evidence of such conditions.
3. Etymology: from Latin rationalis, "of or belonging to reason, reasonable" from ratio, "reckoning, calculation, reason" from reri-, "to reckon, to calculate, to think."
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2. Referring to a supposition or an assumption which is based on intelligent thinking: There is a rational expectation that a storm is existing when thunder and lightening are providing evidence of such conditions.
3. Etymology: from Latin rationalis, "of or belonging to reason, reasonable" from ratio, "reckoning, calculation, reason" from reri-, "to reckon, to calculate, to think."
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