Ration(n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
Ration(n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
Ration(v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment.
Rational(a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
Rational(a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.
Rational(a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
Rational(a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.
Rational(n.) A rational being.
Rationalism(n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
Rationalism(n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Rationality(n.) The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
Rationalization(n.) The act or process of rationalizing.
Rationalize(v. i.) To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.
Rationalize(v. t.) To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
Rationalize(v. t.) To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
Rationalize(v. t.) To form a rational conception of.
Rationalize(v. t.) To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
Rationally(adv.) In a rational manner.
Rationalness(n.) The quality or state of being rational; rationality.
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