complex fraction

1. 1.

   a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator

   Synonymscompound fraction

   Broaderfraction

Questions about complex fraction

What does complex fraction mean?

complex fraction means "a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator".

What is another word for complex fraction?

Close synonyms include compound fraction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is complex fraction a common word?

complex fraction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.