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Complex fraction   /kˈɑmplɛks frˈækʃən/   Listen
Complex fraction

noun
1.
A fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator.  Synonym: compound fraction.






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"Complex fraction" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ellis, "I am serious. Take, for example, these unfortunate creatures who are in process of elimination. To the sociologist their elimination is their only raison d'etre. He cancels them out with the same delight as if they were figures in a complex fraction. But pick up any novel dealing with the life of the slums, and you find that these figures are really composed of innumerable individual units, existing each for himself, and each his own sufficient justification, each a sacred book comprising its own unique secret, a master-piece of the divine ...
— The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue • G. Lowes Dickinson



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