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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A number capable of being expressed as an integer or a quotient of integers, excluding zero as a denominator.
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- noun mathematics A
real number that can beexpressed as theratio of twointegers .
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- noun an integer or a fraction
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