IN MATH: 1. n. an irrational number. 2. adj. describing an irrational number.

IN ENGLISH: 1. adj. nonthinking, nonreasoning. EX. His movements were irrational.

APPLICATION: (see list 270)

IN MATH: 1. n. a number which cannot be written as a fraction where the numerator and denominator are both integers and where the denominator does not equal zero; a nonrepeating or nonterminating decimal number.

    See:
  • I Got Your Number - number systyems. Counting or natural numbers are at the very bottom, the smallest set.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: (see list 270)

1. Identify the irrational numbers:

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