Wednesday, August 22, 2012

What the "fraction bar" really is

Vinculum (Vin-Q-lum)                                                                                                  By Jordan
A vinculum is often called the fraction bar. This is because people don't know the real name of the line that divides the two numbers. They do know that it’s a fraction and the line splitting the fractions looks like a bar so lets call it a fraction bar. Well now you know that it's called a vinculum. The vinculum is to show that both numbers are divided. Also you can use vinculum as a noun in a sentence and it would mean "A bond signifying union or unity." - Dictionary.com  
 

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