fraction
Noun
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is a type of: chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
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is a type of: rational, rational number - an integer or a fractionsubtypes:
- fixed-point part, mantissa - the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
- common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
- improper fraction - a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
- proper fraction - a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
- complex fraction, compound fraction - a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
- continued fraction - a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on
Verb
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referred to in: arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculationsis a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computationsame as: divide
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