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compound fraction

noun

Mathematics.


compound fraction

noun

  1. another name for complex fraction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of compound fraction1

First recorded in 1800–10
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When she floundered in a French verb, or came to dire grief in compound fractions, the imbecility provoked no laughter; it bore a sort of gilded pardonableness, like the peccadillo of a princess.

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I'm sure, that showed how much I liked her, if anything could, for I'd rather do a sum in compound fractions, or a French exercise, than write a note.

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Smith was studying grammar, of which branch of learning Dora had decided he stood most in need, while Susie groaned over compound fractions.

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You could as soon weep for the rule of three, Or compound fractions!

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More likely my inexorable taskmaster, with figures in his eye and compound fractions at his tongue's end.

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