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partial fraction

n.
One of a set of fractions having a sum equal to a specified fraction.
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partial fraction

n
(Mathematics) maths one of a set of fractions into which a more complicated fraction can be resolved
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par′tial frac′tion



n.
one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved.
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