continued fraction

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is a whole number and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction that has a denominator consisting of a whole number plus a fraction, and so on, such as 2 + 1/(3 + 7/(1 + 2/3)).

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• noun mathematics A fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction - and so on to an infinite number of terms.

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• noun a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on