compound fraction

noun

, Mathematics.

1. complex fraction.

compound fraction

noun

1. another name for complex fraction

Word History and Origins

Origin of compound fraction¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

When she floundered in a French verb, or came to dire grief in compound fractions, the imbecility provoked no laughter; it bore a sort of gilded pardonableness, like the peccadillo of a princess.

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I'm sure, that showed how much I liked her, if anything could, for I'd rather do a sum in compound fractions, or a French exercise, than write a note.

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Smith was studying grammar, of which branch of learning Dora had decided he stood most in need, while Susie groaned over compound fractions.

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You could as soon weep for the rule of three, Or compound fractions!

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More likely my inexorable taskmaster, with figures in his eye and compound fractions at his tongue's end.

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