Rationals

The shortcoming of the rationals, that is overcome by defining the reals, is a somewhat subtle theoretical point. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once upon a time he was an uncompromising partisan of 'rationals' and 'bloomers,' a warm adherent of the views which Lady Harberton and her friends uphold. ❋ Vizetelly, Ernest A (1899)

Marie was already dressed in a chemisette of fawn-coloured silk, and a little jacket and "rationals" of black serge, and it was such a warm, bright April day that she was not inclined to renounce her trip. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

… but she was later shown wearing bloomers, also known as 'rationals', relatively radical attire for the day: ❋ Carlton Reid (2010)

Some that do might give rationals with huge numerators and denominators, and the computation of these can be really slow compared to the machine-arithmetic approximations that are just fine for display purposes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There are various rationals for this, from wanting to improve the environment, to getting America off of foreign energy sources. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Although these results apply only to mathematical theories strong enough to embed arithmetic, the centrality of the natural numbers (and their extensions into the rationals, reals, complexes, etc.) as a focus of mathematical activity means that the implications are widespread. ❋ Baker, Alan (2009)

I wondered if I was the only one that noticed how Bush just kept trotting out completely different rationals for going to war with Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, calm down, I think it's pretty clear I meant the changing rationals/official characterizations of US policy in Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Everybody understands compromise but, the rationals absolutely must be communicated to the supporters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Are rationals more likely to be certain than idealists? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since March she's been changing up her rationals for why she's still in it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama appears to have these traits in spades. (oohhhhh, did I just say that, oooppppps .... sorry) All other rationals aside, I would follow Obama, and wish to frag Lt. McCains ass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ah, but remember that the rationals are but a minuscule subset of the set of real numbers, and the rest of them are all irrational. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The full numeric tower, but in stages: reals, rationals, complex. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think I am with the mainstream and informed rationals, Chinese or Western. ❋ Sun Bin (2008)

This is of course one of the rationals for the rising cost of health care. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“The rationals ( 'the whites' in the local slang) often made up new names, but my father always noted the names used by the local people, and these have often stuck”, remembers the son. ❋ Unknown (2006)