1. rational - Noun
2. rational - Adjective
3. rational - Adjective Satellite
Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.
Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.
A rational being.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. Augustine of Hippo
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. Livy
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis. Luis Barragán
A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog travelling with good men becomes a rational being. Arabic Proverb