lowest terms

American  

plural noun

Mathematics.

1. the form of a fraction after dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor.

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Example Sentences

For example, to expand we must first express the quotient in lowest terms.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

In these cases, the exponent must be a fraction in lowest terms.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Reduce any average newspaper music critique to its lowest terms, and you will arrive at something like this: 'The Symphar-monic Orchestra gave a concert last night in Carnegie Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ratio 4:6 reduced to lowest terms is 2:3.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Here we have in its lowest terms the material for the ontological question, the first and the last problem of philosophy.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)