vulgar fraction
31vulgar — adj. Vulgar is used with these nouns: ↑expression, ↑fraction, ↑language …
32Egyptian fraction — An Egyptian fraction is the sum of distinct unit fractions, such as frac{1}{2}+ frac{1}{3}+ frac{1}{16}. That is, each fraction in the expression has a numerator equal to 1 and a denominator that is a positive integer, and all the denominators… …
33Irreducible fraction — An irreducible fraction (or fraction in lowest terms or reduced form) is a vulgar fraction in which the numerator and denominator are smaller than those in any other equivalent vulgar fraction. It can be shown that a fraction a⁄b is irreducible… …
34common fraction — Arith. a fraction represented as a numerator above and a denominator below a horizontal or diagonal line. Also called vulgar fraction. Cf. decimal fraction, mixed number. [1890 95] * * * …
35common fraction — noun count TECHNICAL a FRACTION written as one number above a line and another number below the line, instead of as numbers separated by a DECIMAL POINT: VULGAR FRACTION …
36common fraction — noun A fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non zero, integer. Syn: vulgar fraction …
37proper fraction — noun A vulgar fraction in which the magnitude of the numerator is less than or equal to that of the denominator, such as 2/3. Ant: improper fraction …
38improper fraction — noun A vulgar fraction of which the numerator has a greater magnitude than the denominator, such as 3/2. Ant: proper fraction …
39common fraction — noun (C) AmE a fraction 1 (2) that is shown by a number above and a number below a line, such as 1/4, rather than as a decimal 2; vulgar fraction 1 (2) BrE …
40Number Forms — are Unicode characters which have specific meaning as numbers, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and roman numerals. They are placed in the Unicode codepoint range 0x2150 through 0x218F… …
