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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A numerical fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
- noun A polynomial fraction in which the numerator is of a lower degree than the denominator.
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- noun arithmetic A
vulgar fraction in which themagnitude of thenumerator is less than or equal to that of thedenominator , such as 2/3.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
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