rationale : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rationale	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rationale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rationale n (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines" Synonym(s): rationale, principle
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.