- piece fraction
- noun
: a fraction set in type on two separate type bodies (as 17/32 by juxtaposing 17/ and /32) — called also built-up fraction, split fraction
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
piece fraction
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fraction — fragment, piece, *part, portion, section, segment, sector, detail, member, division, parcel … New Dictionary of Synonyms
piece — n *part, portion, detail, member, division, section, segment, sector, fraction, fragment, parcel … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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piece — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, absolute music, actor, adaptation, aesthetic distance, air, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alike, allotment, allowance, antagonist, antihero, antimasque,… … Moby Thesaurus
fraction — /ˈfrækʃən / (say frakshuhn) noun 1. Mathematics a. one or more parts of a unit or whole number; the ratio between any two numbers. b. a ratio of algebraic quantities analogous to the arithmetical vulgar fraction and similarly expressed. 2. a part …
