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

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

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

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

Connection -- N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark