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noun Mathematics.

a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.

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Origin of rational function

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby rational function

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How to use rational function in a sentence

But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
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In all fairness, too, Marshall has at the ready pretty rational reasons for almost every change he made in this adaptation.
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The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.
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The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Reactionary movements are, first and foremost, not rational.
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To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
Children's Ways|James Sully
To supply eminent humorists and others with enjoyable, rational, and profitable employment.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The pleasures of life (the rational pleasures I hope) had always an attraction for me.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow