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被約 (ひやく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

被ひ約やく

ひ

や

く

Meanings

1

reduced

Mathematics term for a fraction or expression that has been simplified to its lowest terms.

この分ぶん数すうは被ひ約やく形けいで表あらわされている。
This fraction is expressed in reduced form.

Kanji

被incur, cover, veil
約promise, approximately, shrink

Etymology

Compound of 被 (hi, 'receive' or 'be subjected to') and 約 (yaku, 'reduction' or 'abbreviation'), literally 'be reduced'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the mathematical sense of reduction.