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continued proportion
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noun Mathematics.
an ordered set of numbers such that the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as 1:3:9:27:81.
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Origin of continued proportion
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby continued proportion
continuator, continue, continued, continued education, continued fraction, continued proportion, continuing resolution, continuity, continuity announcer, continuity equation, continuity girl
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