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单词 improper diphthong
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improper diphthong
When the two letters represent a simple sound, as ea, ou, in head /hɛd/, soup /suːp/, they have been termed an improper diphthong: properly speaking these are monophthongs written by digraphs.extracted from diphthongn.
improper diphthong
b. Not properly so called; improper fraction: a fraction whose numerator is greater than (or equal to) its denominator, and whose value is therefore greater than (or equal to) unity. (Formerly applied to analogous fractions in Algebra.) improper diphthong: see quot. 1795.
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the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > without deserving the name
named1532
improper1552
self-styled1640
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so-called1837
so-termed1843
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improper fraction1552
proper fractiona1630
infinitesimal1706
complex fraction1827
1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Q.vi An impropre fraction..that is to say, a fraction in form, which in deed is greater then an vnite.
1629 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse (ed. 2) To Rdr. They [shepherds and shepherdesses in a Pastoral] are not to be adorn'd with any art, but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and Poetry.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 44 Improper Fractions have alwayes the Numerator greater than the Denominator.
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 4 An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in eagle, oa in boat.
1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 187 To Reduce an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Quantity.
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