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Fraction

Fraction (fraction)
n.(?)
Frac"tion
[F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
  1. 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. Foxe.

  2. A portion; a fragment.

    Some niggard fractions of an hour. Tennyson.

  3. One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.

    Common, or Vulgar, 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 ½, one half, ***frac25], two fifths. -- Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies *** Peck. -- Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction] two or more fractions connected by of. -- Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction, etc. 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

Fraction (fraction)
v. t.
Frac"tion
  1. 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.












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