FRACTION
\fɹˈakʃən], \fɹˈakʃən], \f_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FRACTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
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the quotient of two rational numbers
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a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
By Princeton University
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perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
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the quotient of two rational numbers
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a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
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A portion; a fragment.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
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A portion; a fragment.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A fragment or very small piece: (arith.) one or more of the equal parts of a unit; if equal to or greater than 1, an improper fraction; if less than one, a proper fraction: also, one of the equal parts of a unit, as one-half, one-third, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence; a fragment; one or more of aliquot parts into which a unit is divided Vulgar fractions, when the unit is divided by any number. Decimal fractions, when the unit is divided by 10 or a multiple of 10.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A broken part of a whole; a part of a whole or unity; in arith., a part of a unit, or one, as 1/2, 1/4, 3/4.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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