fraction : Idioms & Phrases

• . See under Sexagesimal.

Webster 1913

• noun the quotient of two integers
  common fraction.
  

WordNet

• a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as ½, one half, ⅖, two fifths.

Webster 1913

• noun a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
  complex fraction.
  

WordNet

• a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies & Peck.
• . See Fraction.

Webster 1913

• noun a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
  complex fraction.
  

WordNet

• a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of.
• . (Math.) See Fraction.

Webster 1913

• noun a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on
  

WordNet

• (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on.

Webster 1913

• See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
  decimal.
  

WordNet

• a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as , , and is usually not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left hand of the numerator, as 2, 25.

Webster 1913

• see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

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• noun a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
  

WordNet

• a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator.

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• (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction.

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• noun a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
  

WordNet

• (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
• a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.

Webster 1913

• (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, ¹⁄₆₀, ¹⁄₃₆₀₀, ¹⁄₂₁₆₀₀₀; called also astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations.

Webster 1913

• noun the quotient of two integers
  common fraction.
  

WordNet

• (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form &frac00; for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable. Math. Dict.

Webster 1913

• . (Arith.) See under Fraction.

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