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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. improper fraction: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Improper Fraction: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. improper fraction: MATH SPOKEN HERE!
  3. improper fraction: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. improper fraction: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (improper fraction)

noun:  (arithmetic) A vulgar fraction of which the numerator has a greater magnitude than the denominator, such as 3/2.

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