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noun

Fraction n.

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."

2.

A portion; a fragment. "Some niggard fractions of an hour."

3.

(Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.

Common fraction, 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, 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, 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.

verb

Fraction v. t. (Chem.) 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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"Fraction" Quotes from Famous Books

... for twenty-five cents in paper. I immediately established the fact, that there are no fellow-citizens in Nantucket of foreign descent. "For," said I, "if you offered that obsolete fraction of a dollar to the turbulent hackmen of our cities, you would meet with offensive demonstrations of contempt." I seized the opportunity to add, apropos of the ways of that class of persons: "Theoretically, I am a thorough democrat; but ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various

... Church as an old acquaintance... What I can't understand in you is your extraordinary blindness now to your old logic. Is it peculiar to you, or is it common to woman? Is a woman a thinking unit at all, or a fraction always wanting its integer? How you argued that marriage was only a clumsy contract—which it is—how you showed all the objections to it—all the absurdities! If two and two made four when we were happy together, surely they make ...

— Jude the Obscure • Thomas Hardy

... coincidence on so vast a scale, but in the real existence of the object. That a thousand lies told by as many several and unconnected individuals should all be one and the same, is a possibility expressible only by a fraction that is already, to all intents and purposes, equal ...

— The Literary Remains Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Edited By Henry Nelson Coleridge

... with it in her hand left the autumn-coloured field and entered the little wood where the cedars grew dark and close, with the bare, red earth beneath. At the end of the aisle of trees could be seen the bright-hued garden and a fraction of blue heaven. Holding the branch of ironweed before her, Jacqueline passed through the wood toward the light of sky and flowers, and came at the edge of the open space upon a large old tree, twisted like one of those which Dante saw. As she stepped beneath the dark and ...

— Lewis Rand • Mary Johnston

... not define how she was affected by this fact, but she regarded the fact as tremendously romantic, and its effect on her was profound. And George saw in it no significance! She was disconcerted. She felt a tremor; it was as though the entire King's Road had quivered for a fraction of a second and then, feigning nonchalance, resumed ...

— Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett

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