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rationalized - definition and meaning
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verb rationalize .
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In 1901 Giovanni Giorgi showed that it is possible to combine the mechanical units of this meter – kilogram – second system with the practical electric units to form a single coherent four-dimensional system by adding to the three base units, a fourth base unit of an electrical nature, such as the ampere or the ohm, and rewriting the equations occurring in electromagnetism in the so-called rationalized form.
International System of Units (SI) 2008
Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs admitted they had "rationalized " about some of their products.
Jeff Madrick: Wall Street bankers Offer Flimsy Excuses at FCIC Hearing 2010
Inclusion of such information established that the author, even if an unknown artisan, believed this kind of rationalized understanding was a factor in improvement.
The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006
Despite the complaints, which are well documented in modern histories, communities of practitioners often welcomed "rationalized " techniques, and the opportunity to add the sciences to their practices. reference
The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006
He must have 'rationalized ' an argument in his legendary mind to minimize the damage or there was nothing there (which I doubt).
Sound Politics: Seattle P-I in a death spiral 2006
Certainly, she has "rationalized " through her whole campaign -- including about having 35 years of experience.
Beth Arnold: Does Hillary Have Any Shame? 2008
You know, I kind of rationalized a lot of it away, thinking oh, I don't -- I'm not this big, I'm not that unhealthy.
CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2007 2007
You know, I kind of rationalized a lot of it away, thinking oh, I don't -- I'm not this big, I'm not that unhealthy.
CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2007 2007
I'm not suggesting that's what Andy Phelps is talking about here, but the article and comments here got me thinking of how often I see the video-game hobby being "rationalized " so seriously.
Magic Vessel of Cheerios +5 2006
Did the author of the editorial mean to say Dick Cheney felt no shame when he "rationalized " and "evaded"?
From On High 2006
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