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PROPER FRACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proper fraction mean?
• PROPER FRACTION (noun)
The noun PROPER FRACTION has 1 sense:
1. a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
Familiarity information: PROPER FRACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("proper fraction" is a kind of...):
fraction (the quotient of two rational numbers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proper fraction"):
decimal; decimal fraction (a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10)
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