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rational function

–noun Mathematics.
a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.

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1880–85
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rational function  
n.  A function that can be expressed as a quotient of polynomials, excluding division by zero.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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