Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

representative fraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: rep-re-sen-ta-tive frac-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scale of a map expressed as a fraction. For example, 1/63,360 or 1:63,360 indicates a scale of one inch to the mile.

Inflected Forms

representative fractions (plural)

Questions

What does representative fraction mean?: The scale of a map expressed as a fraction. For example, 1/63,360 or 1:63,360 indicates a scale of one inch to the mile.

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