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(Encyclopedia) South China Sea, western arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.1,000,000 sq mi (2,590,000 sq km), between the SE Asian mainland and Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo. It is connected with the…
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(Encyclopedia) fraction [Lat.,=breaking], in arithmetic, an expression representing a part, or several equal parts, of a unit.
When fractions having the same denominator, as 3&fslsh;10 and 4…
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