Usually means: Numerator smaller than the denominator.
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  1. proper fraction: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. proper fraction: Merriam-Webster
  3. proper fraction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. proper fraction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. proper fraction: Collins English Dictionary
  6. proper fraction: Vocabulary.com
  7. proper fraction: Wordnik
  8. proper fraction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. proper fraction: Wiktionary
  10. proper fraction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. proper fraction: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. proper fraction: Dictionary.com
  13. Proper fraction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. proper fraction: Rhymezone
  15. proper fraction: FreeDictionary.org
  16. proper fraction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. proper fraction: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. proper fraction: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Proper Fraction: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. proper fraction: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (proper fraction)

▸ noun:  (arithmetic) A vulgar fraction in which the magnitude of the numerator is less than or equal to that of the denominator, such as 2/3.

Similar:
improper fraction, vulgar fraction, common fraction, unit fraction, simple fraction, complex fraction, partial fraction, dyadic fraction, quotient, fraction, more...

Opposite:
improper fraction, mixed number, top-heavy fraction

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Similar:
improper fraction, vulgar fraction, common fraction, unit fraction, simple fraction, complex fraction, partial fraction, dyadic fraction, quotient, fraction, more...

Opposite:
improper fraction, mixed number, top-heavy fraction



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