irrational number in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for irrational number in the English»Italian Dictionary

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

I.number [Brit ˈnʌmbə, Am ˈnəmbər] N

3. number (amount, quantity):

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

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

2. number → number off

See also number off

irrational number in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for irrational number in the English»Italian Dictionary

irrational ·ˈræ·ʃə·nəl] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The former is a rational number; the latter is an irrational number.
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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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This is a dramatic amount of variability if we really are meant to place faith in an irrational number.
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Since is an irrational number (see proof that e is irrational), it can not be represented as a fraction, but it can be represented as a continued fraction.
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However, if an assertion were to be made about every irrational number, there would be no way to enumerate all the conjuncts, since irrationals can not be enumerated.
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One way to consider this is that the real value often has the characteristics of an irrational number.
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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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It can't be an algebraic irrational number like 2.
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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 infinite continued fraction representation for an irrational number is useful because its initial segments provide rational approximations to the number.
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