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Partial fractions

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partial fraction

–noun Algebra.
one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/ (x2−x) are 5/ (x−1) and −5/x.

Origin:
1810–20
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