fraction bar

English

Noun

fraction bar (plural fraction bars)

1. (typography, mathematics) The line separating the numerator from the denominator, whether horizontal, oblique, or diagonal.
   • 2006, Gavin Ambrose et al., The Fundamentals of Typography‎^[1], page 74:

     The fraction bar is a kerned character, so unlike the solidus it will not push the numerals away a full em space.

Synonyms

• (horizontal line): horizontal bar
• (diagonal line): fraction slash (as the kerned diagonal line ⟨⁄⟩); diagonal, diagonal mark (as a diagonal line regardless of kerning); see slash (as the unkerned oblique line ⟨/⟩)

Translations

line separating numerator from denominator

• Dutch: breukstreep (nl) m or f
• Finnish: jakoviiva
• French: barre de fraction (fr) f
• Greek: γραμμή κλάσματος (grammí klásmatos)
• Hungarian: törtvonal (hu), törtjel (hu)
• Polish: kreska ułamkowa f
• Romanian: linie de fracție f
• Swedish: bråkstreck (sv) n

See also

• division sign