(a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.
(2):
(a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
(3):
(a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
(4):
(a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.