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• term — term1 [tʉrm] n. [ME terme < OFr < L terminus, a limit, boundary, end < IE * termṇ, a boundary stake < base * ter , to cross over, go beyond > TRANS , Gr terma, goal] 1. Archaic a point of time designating the beginning or end of a… …   English World dictionary

• Fraction (mathematics) — A cake with one quarter removed. The remaining three quarters are shown. Dotted lines indicate where the cake may be cut in order to divide it into equal parts. Each quarter of the cake is denoted by the fraction 1/4. A fraction (from Latin:… …   Wikipedia

• Fraction Anthem — A fraction anthem is a text spoken or sung during the rite of Holy Eucharist, at the point when the celebrant breaks the consecrated bread. The term is used commonly in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The term is an… …   Wikipedia

• term — termly, adv. /terrm/, n. 1. a word or group of words designating something, esp. in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics. 2. any word or group of words considered as a… …   Universalium

• term — I. noun Etymology: Middle English terme, from Anglo French, from Latin terminus boundary marker, limit; akin to Greek termōn boundary, end, Sanskrit tarman top of a post Date: 13th century 1. a. end, termination; also a point in time assigned to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• term —   1. Period of time. Kau, mahele manawa, wā.     Office term, noho ana.   2. Expression. Inoa, ōlelo, hua ōlelo.     Terms of a fraction, palena.     To term, kapa. See terms …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• term — I. n. 1. Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus. 2. Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time. 3. Word (considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word), expression, name, denomination. 4. Member… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Fuel fraction — An aircraft s fuel fraction, fuel weight fraction, [cite book | last = Brandt | first = Steven | title = Introduction to Aeronautics: a Design Perspective | publisher = AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics Ast | pages = p. 359 | year = 2004 |… …   Wikipedia

• Continued fraction — Finite continued fraction, where a0 is an integer, any other ai are positive integers, and n is a non negative integer. In mathematics, a continued fraction is an expression obtained through an iterative process of representing a number as the… …   Wikipedia

• Egyptian fraction — An Egyptian fraction is the sum of distinct unit fractions, such as frac{1}{2}+ frac{1}{3}+ frac{1}{16}. That is, each fraction in the expression has a numerator equal to 1 and a denominator that is a positive integer, and all the denominators… …   Wikipedia

• Generalized continued fraction — In analysis, a generalized continued fraction is a generalization of regular continued fractions in canonical form in which the partial numerators and the partial denominators can assume arbitrary real or complex values.A generalized continued… …   Wikipedia