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[frak-shuh n]
noun
1.
Mathematics.
a number usually expressed in the form a/b.
a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
2.
Chemistry. (in a volatile mixture) a component whose range of boiling point temperatures allows it to be separated from other components by fractionation.
Examples for fraction Expand
They range from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to WikiMedia, but this is only a fraction of the list available.
Save the World in 10 Seconds Brian Ries November 26, 2010
Subtract the wives, daughters, and widows and you are left with a fraction of that already small number.
Why Are There So Few Female Plutocrats? Chrystia Freeland October 15, 2012
The studio refuses to spend more than $10 million to market Paranormal Activity—a fraction of the usual amount.
Hollywood's Financial Shell Game Kim Masters October 24, 2009
Chances are you spend a fraction of the time on LinkedIn that you do on your other social networks.
Why Investors—but Not Consumers—Love LinkedIn Alex Klein August 26, 2012
He had enormous talent and got away with using just a fraction of it.
Inside 'The Rum Diary' William McKeen November 3, 2011
She paused a fraction of a second over one of the illustrations; in that time, she was able to memorize it.
Earth Alert! Kris Neville
And her heart for the fraction of a second seemed to stand still too.
The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad
(iv) Each convergent is nearer to the true value than any other fraction whose denominator is less than that of the convergent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 Various
For a fraction of a second I had one glimpse of the animal through the brush.
The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace
But they remit only a fraction of their total earnings, yet that fraction constitutes a very large sum.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Various
Origin Expand
1350-1400; Middle English fraccioun < Late Latin frāctiōn- (stem of frāctiō) a breaking (in pieces), equivalent to Latin frāct(us) (past participle of frangere to break) + -iōn- -ion