Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rationale"
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) 1.7 (wn)
rationale
n : an explanation of the working of some device in terms of
laws of nature; "the principles of internal-combustion
engines" [syn: {principle}]
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