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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fraction in which the numerator is larger than or equal to the denominator.
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- noun arithmetic A
vulgar fraction of which thenumerator has a greatermagnitude than thedenominator , such as 3/2.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
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