fraction

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English

Etymology

From Middle English fraccioun (a breaking), from Anglo-Norman, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) fractio, from (deprecated template usage) frangere, past participle (deprecated template usage) fractus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fraction (plural fractions)

  1. A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
    • Template:RQ:Schuster Hepaticae V
      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. Template:arithmetic A ratio of two integers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a vinculum (horizontal bar)
  3. Template:chemistry A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
  4. In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
  5. A small amount.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:fraction#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:fraction]].

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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

  1. To divide or break into fractions.

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References

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

fraction f (plural fractions)

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

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