[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fraction \frac"tion\, n. f. fraction, l. fractio a breaking,
   fr. frangere, fractum, to break. see break.
   1. the act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially
      by violence. obs.
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            neither can the natural body of christ be subject to
            any fraction or breaking up.          --foxe.
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   2. a portion; a fragment.
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            some niggard fractions of an hour.    --tennyson.
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   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.
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   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 1/2, one half, 2/5, two
      fifths.

   complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed
      number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.
      --davies  peck.

   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.
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see also:
break common fraction vulgar fraction complex fraction compound fraction continued fraction 
decimal fraction partial fraction continued decimal partial 
improper fraction proper fraction 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vulgar \vul"gar\, a. l. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
   the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. f. vulgaire. cf.
   divulge.
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   1. of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
      common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
      vernacular. "as common as any the most vulgar thing to
      sense. " -- shak.
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            things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
            praise.                               --milton.
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            it might be more useful to the english reader . . .
            to write in our vulgar language.      --bp. fell.
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            the mechanical process of multiplying books had
            brought the new testament in the vulgar tongue
            within the reach of every class.      --bancroft.
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   2. belonging or relating to the common people, as
      distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
      to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
      hence, sometimes, of little or no value. "like the vulgar
      sort of market men." --shak.
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            men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
            life.                                 --addison.
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            in reading an account of a battle, we follow the
            hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
            the
            vulgar heaps of slaughter.            --rambler.
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   3. hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
      also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
      coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
      manners.
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            be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --shak.
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   vulgar fraction. arith. see under fraction.
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see also:
divulge vulgar fraction fraction 

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