proper fraction

1. 1.

   a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator

   Broaderfraction

   Narrowerdecimal fraction

Questions about proper fraction

What does proper fraction mean?

proper fraction means "a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator".

Is proper fraction a common word?

proper 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.