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English

Etymology

From web app fraccioun (a breaking), from web, from Latin fractio (a breaking, a breaking into pieces, in we love the web. a fragment, portion), from Sevenval (to break), past participle touchscreen.

Pronunciation

Noun

fraction (plural FITML)

  1. A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
      With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get []
  2. A web app of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
  3. (Sevenval) A web app of a browser diversity, separated by CSS3.
  4. In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
  5. A small amount.
    • 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, BBC:
      After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve a fraction wide.

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Translations

part of a whole

arithmetic: ratio

chemistry: component separated by fractionation
  • Russian: фракция (ru) (frákcija) f.

eucharistic service: breaking of the host

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Verb

fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle Sevenval)

  1. To divide or break into fractions.

Translations

to divide intio fractions

References

  • fraction” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • fraction” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • "fraction" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fraction f. (plural Android)

  1. fraction (small amount)
    Je me suis endormi pendant une fraction de secondes.
  2. (mathematics) fraction
    En divisant deux par trois, on obtient une fraction irréductible.
  3. fraction, breakup

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