The hardening observed for the low-temperature heat treatments (up to peak hardness) is correlated with the precipitate sizes derived from magnetic measurements, allowing a rationalisation of the observed hardening in terms of coherency strengthening.
Yes, a rationalisation was expected, but not in this way.
My "distress" purchases were in part a rationalisation of my own indolence.
And there could not be a more rational man to carry through a rationalisation.
Now, even if it's just a rationalisation or an excuse, it's in the vocabulary.
In some respects this is a rationalisation for inaction on human rights.
The first is simply a rationalisation for a government policy of deep welfare cuts.
What we're seeing is a rationalisation where the winners are emerging.
In the absence of such a rationalisation of capacity, thinks Gemma Gouldby of FACTS Global Energy, margins will stay poor indefinitely.
This is not a retreat, says protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, just a rationalisation.
