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From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 complex fraction
 繁分數

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·plex a.
 1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
    Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.   --Locke.
 2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
    When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex.   --Whewell.
 Complex fraction. See Fraction.
 Complex number Math., in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b√-1, when a and b are ordinary integers.
 Syn: -- See Intricate.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frac·tion 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.   --Foxe.
 2. A portion; a fragment.
    Some niggard fractions of an hour.   --Tennyson.
 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, ⅖, 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 complex fraction
      n : a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
          [syn: compound fraction]