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common fraction

noun

, Arithmetic.
  1. a fraction represented as a numerator above and a denominator below a horizontal or diagonal line.

common fraction

noun

  1. another name for simple fraction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of common fraction1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Expressed by a common fraction it is merely 1/3, which is an incomplete mathematical figure.

Can the same words mean both a common fraction and a decimal fraction?

Happiness, said Carlyle, is as the value of a common fraction, which results from dividing the numerator by the denominator.

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