nfraction
nounUK /ɛnˈfrækʃən/
US /ɛnˈfrækʃən/
A fraction written with the letter n, like n/2.
The teacher wrote nfraction on the board to show a part of a whole using n.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A fraction in which the numerator or denominator contains the letter n.
In the nfraction n/5, n stands for any number.
3. A math term for a part of a whole expressed with a letter instead of a number.
Students learned that an nfraction can change value when n changes.
4. A symbolic way to show division using the letter n.
She simplified the nfraction 3n/6 to n/2.