VDict - Definition of irrational number

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irrational number

mathematics A real number which is not a rationalnumber, i.e. it is not the ratio of two integers.

The decimal expansion of an irrational is infinite but does

not end in an infinite repeating sequence of digits.

Examples of irrational numbers are pi, e and the square

root of two.

(1995-04-12)

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