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lowest terms

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plural noun

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


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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

A name is a description reduced to its lowest terms.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

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