irrational number in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for irrational number in the English»Spanish Dictionary

irrational [Am ɪ(r)ˈræʃ(ə)nəl, Brit ɪˈraʃ(ə)n(ə)l] ADJ

I.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] N

2.1. number (for identification):

to do a number on sb Am sl
hacer del uno/del dos Mex Peru inf, euph

3.1. number C (amount, quantity):

II.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB trans

III.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB intr

irrational number in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for irrational number in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for irrational number in the English»Spanish Dictionary

irrational ·ˈræʃ·ə·nəl] ADJ

II.number [ˈnʌm·bər] VB trans

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
An infinite continued fraction representation for an irrational number is useful because its initial segments provide rational approximations to the number.
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An irrational number is any real number that can not be expressed as a fraction "a" / "b", where "a" is an integer and "b" is a non-zero integer.
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It can't be an algebraic irrational number like 2.
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Being an irrational number, can not be expressed exactly as a common fraction, although fractions such as 22/7 and other rational numbers are commonly used to approximate.
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An irrational number stays aperiodic (with an infinite number of non-repeating digits) in all integral bases.
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Since the numerical value of an irrational number can not be stored exactly in a computer, an approximation of the incommensurate frequencies by all rational numbers is required in implementation.
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An irrational number is any number that can not be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
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Informally, this means that an irrational number can not be represented as a simple fraction.
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An irrational number is badly approximable if and only if the partial quotients of its continued fraction are bounded.
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However, considered as a sequence of real numbers, it does converge to the irrational number.
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