Fraction /(?)/
Frac·tion
Fraction
n.
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The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [Obs.]
Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up.
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A portion; a fragment.
Some niggard fractions of an hour.
- One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. (Arith. or Alg.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Common fraction
- a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as <frac:1_2/, one half, <frac:2_5/, two fifths.
- Complex fraction
- a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.
- Compound fraction
- a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of.
- Continued fraction
- See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.
- Improper fraction
- a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator.
- Proper fraction
- a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
Fraction
v. t.
- To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum. (Chem.)