fraction
See also: Fraction
fraction - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: frăkʹshən, IPA: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/
- Hyphenation: frac‧tion
Noun
fraction (plural fractions)
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
- Synonyms: see fraction
- (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- (Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
- A small amount.
- (archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
Usage notes
- Can be used with either countable or uncountable nouns; however, the word fraction takes the number of the noun it is paired with.
- If used with a plural countable noun, it needs to take a plural verb.
- If used with a singular countable noun or an uncountable noun, it needs to take a singular verb.
Derived terms
- case fraction
- common fraction
- complex fraction
- continued-fraction
- continued fraction
- decimal fraction
- dyadic fraction
- Egyptian fraction
- ejection fraction
- Euler's continued fraction formula
- field of fractions
- finite continued fraction
- fractional
- fractional calculus
- fractional distillation
- fractional ideal
- fractionalism
- fractionalist
- fractionality
- fractionalization
- fractionalize
- fractionalizing
- fractionally
- fractional reserve banking
- fractionate
- fractionation
- fractionator
- fraction bar
- fractionization
- fractionize
- fractionner
- fraction slash
- general continued fraction
- generalized continued fraction
- improper fraction
- infinite continued fraction
- mass fraction
- mixed fraction
- mole fraction
- ordinal fraction
- partial fraction
- partial fraction decomposition
- partial fraction expansion
- periodic continued fraction
- proper fraction
- regular continued fraction
- representative fraction
- simple continued fraction
- simple fraction
- top-heavy fraction
- total ring of fractions
- unit fraction
- vanishing fraction
- vulgar fraction
Related terms
- fractal
- fractious
- fracture
- fragile
- fragileness
- fragility
- fragment
- frail
- frailness
- frailty
- frangibility
- frangible
- frangibleness
- infract
- infraction
- infrangibility
- infrangible
- infrangibleness
- infringe
- infringeable
- infringee
- infringement
- infringer
- infringest
- noninfringement
- refract
- refraction
- refractive
- refractory
- refrangible
- refringent
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Verb
fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)
- To divide or break into fractions.
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Anagrams
fraction - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fʁak.sjɔ̃/
Noun
fraction f (plural fractions)
- fraction (small amount)
- Je me suis endormi pendant une fraction de secondes. ― I fell asleep for a fraction of a second.
- (mathematics) fraction
- En divisant deux par trois, on obtient une fraction irréductible. ― When dividing two by three, you get an irreducible fraction.
- fraction, breakup