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common fraction

American  

noun

Arithmetic.

  1. a fraction represented as a numerator above and a denominator below a horizontal or diagonal line.

common fraction British  

noun

  1. another name for simple fraction

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Etymology

Origin of common fraction

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Happiness, said Carlyle, is as the value of a common fraction, which results from dividing the numerator by the denominator.

From 21 by Crane, Frank

Expressed by a common fraction it is merely 1/3, which is an incomplete mathematical figure.

From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)

Can the same words mean both a common fraction and a decimal fraction?

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

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