fraction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/
- (Southern-England) audio
- frăkʹshən
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraccion, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break). Doublet of frazione.
Meanings
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A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
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[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
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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).
Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀.
- A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
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In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
[…] The bread, when it is consecrated and made sacramental, is the body of our Lord; and the fraction and distribution of it is the communication of that body, which died for us upon the cross.
(Can we date this quote?), “The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: Discourse XIX.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume III, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 290:
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A small amount.
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.
2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0-1 Crawley Town”, in BBC:I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.
1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fractions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
decimal fraction · Euler's continued fraction formula · infinite continued fraction · fractional calculus · biofraction · fractionize · interfraction · proper fraction · field of fractions · intrafraction · fractional · improper fraction · finite continued fraction · continued-fraction · mixed fraction · generalized continued fraction · fractionalize · mass fraction · abfraction · fractionable · fractionise · mole fraction · regular continued fraction · case fraction · fractionization · subfraction · fractionalization · fraction slash · vanishing fraction · fractionation · glycofraction · ejection fraction · fractionally · total ring of fractions · simple fraction · representative fraction · simple continued fraction · fraction bar · fractionalizing · fractionate · Egyptian fraction · partial fraction · fractile · common fraction · fractionalist · top-heavy fraction · fractionality · microfraction · fractional ideal · ordinal fraction · dyadic fraction · continued fraction · partial fraction decomposition · unit fraction · periodic continued fraction · fractionary · hypofraction · fractionner · fractionalism · complex fraction · fractional reserve banking · partial fraction expansion · fractional distillation · fractionator · vulgar fraction · general continued fraction · oligofraction
Hypernyms
Relateds
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Synonyms
Translations (160)
tl hatimbilang (arithmetic: ratio) · no brøk (arithmetic: ratio) · ro fracțiune (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · nl fractie (part of a whole) · hu tört (arithmetic: ratio) · ug كەسىر (arithmetic: ratio) · hy կոտորակ (arithmetic: ratio) · sv bråk (arithmetic: ratio) · nl breuk (arithmetic: ratio) · pl cząstka (part of a whole) · bo ཆ་ཤས (part of a whole) · ru фра́кция (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · pl ułamek (arithmetic: ratio) · fi murtoluku (arithmetic: ratio) · cs zlomek (part of a whole) · cmn 部分 (part of a whole) · tr fraksiyon (part of a whole) · he יחס (arithmetic: ratio) · gd criomag (part of a whole) · no brøkdel (part of a whole) · fi murto-osa (part of a whole) · sh dȉo (part of a whole) · lv daļskaitlis (part of a whole) · sh òdsječak (part of a whole) · yue 部分 (part of a whole) · cs zlomek (arithmetic: ratio) · bo ཟུར་ཆ (part of a whole) · mr गुणोत्तर (arithmetic: ratio) · vi phần (part of a whole) · grc κλάσμα (arithmetic: ratio) · gd bloigh (arithmetic: ratio) · ar كَسْر (arithmetic: ratio) · he מִקְטָע (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · no andel (part of a whole) · kl brøki (arithmetic: ratio) · ca fracció (arithmetic: ratio) · hu töredék (part of a whole) · mk дропка (arithmetic: ratio) · de Brotbrechen (eucharistic service: breaking of the host) · pl ułamek (part of a whole) · la fractiō (arithmetic: ratio) · it frazione (part of a whole) · fi murtaminen (eucharistic service: breaking of the host) · bg дроб (arithmetic: ratio) · fur frazion (arithmetic: ratio) · hi भिन्न (arithmetic: ratio) · bg част (part of a whole) · sv bråkdel (part of a whole) · da brøkdel (part of a whole) · mi hautanga (part of a whole) · uk части́на (part of a whole) · km ប្រភាគ (part of a whole) · bo ཆ་ཤས (arithmetic: ratio) · th เศษส่วน (arithmetic: ratio) · ko 분수 (arithmetic: ratio) · lo ເສດສ່ວນ (arithmetic: ratio) · ar قِطْعَة (part of a whole) · cs lámání chleba (eucharistic service: breaking of the host) · vi tỷ lệ (part of a whole) · fa-ira کَسْر (arithmetic: ratio) · is brot (arithmetic: ratio) · fi suhdeluku (arithmetic: ratio) · km ប្រភាគ (arithmetic: ratio) · tg каср (arithmetic: ratio) · ja 分数 (arithmetic: ratio) · ba кәсер (arithmetic: ratio) · cy ffracsiwn (arithmetic: ratio) · tr parça (part of a whole) · nn fraksjon (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · lv daļskaitlis (arithmetic: ratio) · fi jae (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · ru части́ца (part of a whole) · ka წილადი (arithmetic: ratio) · el κλάσμα (arithmetic: ratio) · pt fracção (part of a whole) · pl frakcja (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · pms frassion (part of a whole) · es fracción (part of a whole) · alt бӧлӱгеш (part of a whole) · mn бутархай тоо (arithmetic: ratio) · cy toriad (part of a whole) · ur کَسْر (arithmetic: ratio) · sh ра́зломак (arithmetic: ratio) · pdt Bruchdeel (part of a whole) · tr bölüm (part of a whole) · tl bahagi (part of a whole) · alt дробь (arithmetic: ratio) · sq thyesë (arithmetic: ratio) · mi hautau (arithmetic: ratio) · grc μόριον (arithmetic: ratio) · bo གྲངས་ཆ (arithmetic: ratio) · fur frazion (part of a whole) · ka ფრაქცია (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · mr अपूर्णांक (part of a whole) · ml ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ (arithmetic: ratio) · mk делче (part of a whole) · da brøk (arithmetic: ratio) · ja 断片 (part of a whole) · pms frassion (arithmetic: ratio) · be дроб (arithmetic: ratio) · et murd (arithmetic: ratio) · fr fraction (arithmetic: ratio) · et murdosa (part of a whole) · lt trupmena (arithmetic: ratio) · pt fracção (arithmetic: ratio) · ro fracție (part of a whole) · id pecahan (arithmetic: ratio) · tl praksiyon (arithmetic: ratio) · ru дробь (arithmetic: ratio) · fr fraction (part of a whole) · eo frakcio (arithmetic: ratio) · ro fracție (arithmetic: ratio) · ru часть (part of a whole) · hi अंश (part of a whole) · sh rázlomak (arithmetic: ratio) · ga codán (arithmetic: ratio) · ar كُسُور (arithmetic: ratio) · ml ഭിന്നം (arithmetic: ratio) · cmn 分數 /分数 (arithmetic: ratio) · es quebrado (arithmetic: ratio) · pt fração (arithmetic: ratio) · de Bruch (arithmetic: ratio) · mt frazzjoni (arithmetic: ratio) · hu törtszám (arithmetic: ratio) · tl praksiyon (part of a whole) · kk бөлшек (arithmetic: ratio) · sl ulomek (arithmetic: ratio) · lo ແຕ່ສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງ (part of a whole) · pt fração (part of a whole) · uz kasr (arithmetic: ratio) · be ча́стка (part of a whole) · mk дел (part of a whole) · et segaarv (arithmetic: ratio) · nb brøk (arithmetic: ratio) · tr kesir (arithmetic: ratio) · tr kısım (part of a whole) · ky бөлчөк (arithmetic: ratio) · pl łamanie chleba (eucharistic service: breaking of the host) · nb fraksjon (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · eo ono (part of a whole) · cy toriad (eucharistic service: breaking of the host) · uk дріб (arithmetic: ratio) · ms pecahan (arithmetic: ratio) · ca fracció (part of a whole) · bg фра́кция (chemistry: component separated by fractionation) · bg частица (part of a whole) · de Bruchteil (part of a whole) · sk zlomok (arithmetic: ratio) · it frazione (arithmetic: ratio) · ga codán (part of a whole) · he חלק (part of a whole) · my အပိုင်းဂဏန်း (arithmetic: ratio) · gd bìdeag (part of a whole) · tl parte (part of a whole) · gd mìr (part of a whole) · es fracción (arithmetic: ratio) · az kəsr (arithmetic: ratio) · vi phân số (arithmetic: ratio) · fa-ira بَرْخِه (arithmetic: ratio) · he שבר (arithmetic: ratio)