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compound fraction
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compound fraction, n:
Compound fraction
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Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking,
fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially
by violence. [Obs.]
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Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to
any fraction or breaking up. --Foxe.
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2. A portion; a fragment.
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Some niggard fractions of an hour. --Tennyson.
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3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or
whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a
unit or magnitude.
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Common fraction, or Vulgar fraction, a fraction in which
the number of equal parts into which the integer is
supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters,
called the denominator, written below a line, over which
is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts
included in the fraction; as 1/2, one half, 2/5, two
fifths.

Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed
number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.
--Davies & Peck.

Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more
fractions connected by of.

Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction,
etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.

Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is
greater than the denominator.

Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less
than the denominator.
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Compound fraction
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Compound \Com"pound\, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
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Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
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Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.

Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.

Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.

Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.

Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.

Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.

Compound fracture. See Fracture.

Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]

Compound interest. See Interest.

Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.

Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.

Compound microscope. See Microscope.

Compound motion. See Motion.

Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.

Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.

Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.

Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.

Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.

Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.

Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).

Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.

Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen.
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compound fraction
(wn)
compound fraction
n 1: a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
[syn: complex fraction, compound fraction]
podobné slovodefinícia
compound fraction
(encz)
compound fraction, n:
compound fraction
(wn)
compound fraction
n 1: a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
[syn: complex fraction, compound fraction]

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