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noun Mathematics.

a fraction in which the numerator or the denominator or both contain one or more fractions.

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Also called compound fraction.

Origin of complex fraction

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby complex fraction

completist, complex, complex analysis, complex carbohydrate, complex conjugate, complex fraction, complexing agent, complexion, complexioned, complexionless, complexity

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How to use complex fraction in a sentence

The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
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It was a complex task they were asked to do, and every cultural and experiential advantage would be required.
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However, their presence shows that Mars could have a more complex and evolving chemical story.
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KSM enters the complex through a “Sally Port,” a series of gates designed to allow just one vehicle in at a time.
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We are a huge, complex, diverse country still offering freedom, opportunity and hope.
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The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
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We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.
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"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.
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Joseph had mentally spent his tiny fraction of the money a dozen times or more.
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The act of the Covenanting Society is complex, and is the aggregate of the actings of all who compose it.
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British Dictionary definitions for complex fraction

complex fraction

noun

maths a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractionsAlso called: compound fraction

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