| continued fraction | |
| —n | |
| a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on | |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
continued fraction
expression of a number as the sum of an integer and a quotient, the denominator of which is the sum of an integer and a quotient, and so on. In general,
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