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THIRD |
Fraction |
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RATIO |
Fraction |
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TENTH |
Fraction |
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PART |
Fraction |
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SEXAGESIMAL |
A sexagesimal fraction. |
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OPAL |
Fraction of episcopal stone |
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FIFTH |
0.2 as a fraction |
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FIFTIETH |
0.02 as a fraction |
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FORTIETH |
0.025 as a fraction |
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TWENTIETH |
5% as a fraction |
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NUMERATOR |
Top figure in a fraction |
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ABBREVIATE |
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. |
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FRACTIONAL |
Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction;
constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. |
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INTEGER |
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to
a fraction or a mixed number. |
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DECIMAL |
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. |
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IRRATIONAL |
Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral
number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See
Surd. |
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NUMERIC |
Any number, proper or improper fraction, or
incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression
like m + nÃ-1, where m and n are real numerics. |
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INCREMENT |
The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its
present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity,
generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased. |
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FRACTION |
To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional
distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used
with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum. |
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LAP |
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a
small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps.
See Lap, to fold, 2. |
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SEPARATRIX |
The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a
decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it
follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of
separation. |
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RECIPROCAL |
... quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of
a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the
d... |
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PARABOLA |
...y = axn
where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the
cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under... |