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rationale |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rationale \Ra`tion*a"le\, n. [L. rationalis, neut. rationale. See {Rational}, a.] An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action hypothesis, phenomenon, or like also the principles themselves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rationale n : an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature; "the principles of internal-combusiton engines" [syn: {principle}]
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