vulgar fraction
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vulgar fraction
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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He wondered if 6/4 was a vulgar fraction, and if so, he thought it would be better to express it as a mixed number, 1½.
From Winning His Way by Coffin, Charles Carleton
My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth round ferule, or an improper noun, or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him.
From Prue and I by Curtis, George William
My good sir, one can't marry a vulgar fraction!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
She perfectly scorned the best of his clan, and declared the ninth of any man, a perfectly vulgar fraction.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale
Nūmerā′tion, act of numbering: the art of reading numbers, and expressing their values; Nū′merātor, one who numbers: the upper number of a vulgar fraction, which expresses the number of fractional parts taken.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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