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complex fraction

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


Origin:
1820–30
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complex fraction  
n.  A fraction in which the numerator or the denominator or both contain fractions. Also called compound fraction.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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