fraction
fraction Lexical Profile
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• noun
A numerical quantity that is not a whole number, representing a part of a whole.
"The students learned how to add and subtract fractions with different denominators."
A small or tiny part, amount, or proportion of a larger whole.
"She completed the project in a fraction of the time it took her colleagues."
A portion of a mixture separated by a physical or chemical process such as distillation or crystallization.
"The crude oil is heated in a tower to separate it into lighter and heavier fractions."
• verb
To divide or separate into fractions, parts, or distinct chemical components.
"The laboratory technicians fractioned the blood samples to isolate the plasma."
• Rhymes for fraction
Word Origin & Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French fraccion or Latin fractio(n-) 'breaking', from the verb frangere 'to break'.
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