integration - What does it mean the notation $int{Rleft( cos{x}, sin{x} right)mathrm{d}x}$

Sometimes I find this notation and I get confused:

$$\int{R\left( \cos{x}, \sin{x} \right)\mathrm{d}x}$$

Does it mean a rational function or taking rational operations between $\cos{x}$ and $\sin{x}$ ?

Can you explain please?

Update: I think you did not understand the question well,
Here is an example (maybe it is a lemma or a theorem):

All the integrals of the form $\int{R\left( \cos{x}, \sin{x} \right)\mathrm{d}x}$ can be evaluated using the substitution
$u=\tan{\dfrac{x}{2}}$.

I think that $R$ here does not stand for a rational function but for taking rational operations(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) between $\cos{x}$ and $\sin{x}$

Update : I did not noticed that $R$ is a rational function of two variables and that means exactly that we are taking rational operations.