複ふく比ひ例れい

noun

compound proportion

Mathematical term referring to a proportion involving multiple ratios or variables. Rare in everyday language; used in technical or historical math contexts.

• 複ふく比ひ例れいの計けい算さんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの和わ算さんでも扱あつかわれた。

  Calculations of compound proportion were also handled in Edo-period Japanese mathematics.