compound fraction

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compound fraction

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compound fraction

(Mathematics) another term for complex fraction

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com′plex frac′tion

a fraction in which the numerator or the denominator or both contain one or more fractions. Also called compound fraction.

[1820–30]

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compound fraction - a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator

complex fraction

fraction - the quotient of two rational numbers

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