vinculum

Example Sentences

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You might expect 10 ÷ 5 is the same as 10/5 is the same as 10 over a 5 with a vinculum between them, but each has its own eccentricities.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2013

A vinculum usually has little to do with division; it’s used in fractions and to group together numbers just as parentheses are.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2013

But it gets really tricky when people assume that a slash replaces a vinculum.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2013

All alike gave rise to an Obligation or vinculum juris, and were all requited by a payment of money.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

Where plus or minus signs occur in the numerator or denominator, brackets or a vinculum is used.—Tr.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst