fraction
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
Noun 4 meanings
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
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.
In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
Verb 2 meanings
To divide or break into fractions.
To fractionate.
Etymology
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).
FRACTION at a glance
FRACTION has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,451 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fraction
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- TRACTION10
- FRICTION13
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