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continued fraction

American  

noun

Mathematics.

  1. a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on.

continued fraction British  

noun

  1. a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on

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Etymology

Origin of continued fraction

First recorded in 1860–65

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