CONTINUED FRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does continued fraction mean? 

• CONTINUED FRACTION (noun)
  The noun CONTINUED FRACTION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CONTINUED FRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINUED FRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("continued fraction" is a kind of...):

fraction (the quotient of two rational numbers)