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common fraction

–noun Arithmetic.
a fraction represented as a numerator above and a denominator below a horizontal or diagonal line.
Also called vulgar fraction.


Origin:
1890–95
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common fraction  
n.  A fraction having an integer as a numerator and an integer as a denominator.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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