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noun Fraction n. 1.The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. (Obs.) "Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up." 2.A portion; a fragment. "Some niggard fractions of an hour." 3.(Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. Common fraction, or Vulgar fraction, a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as ½, one half, 2/5, two fifths. Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of. Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction, etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc. Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator. Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
adjective Proper adj. 1.Belonging to one; one's own; individual. "His proper good" (i. e., his own possessions). "My proper son." "Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast." 2.Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. "Those high and peculiar attributes... which constitute our proper humanity." 3.Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. "The proper study of mankind is man." "In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May." 4.Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. (Archaic) "Thou art a proper man." "Moses... was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child." 5.Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. 6.Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. 7.(Her.) Represented in its natural color; said of any object used as a charge. In proper, individually; privately. (Obs.) Proper flower or Proper corolla (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. Proper nectary (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. Proper noun (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; opposed to common noun; as, John, Boston, America. Proper perianth or Proper involucre (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. Proper receptacle (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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