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Synonyms for fraction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : frak-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræk ʃən

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Définition of fraction

Origin :
  • late 14c., originally in the mathematical sense, from Anglo-French fraccioun (Old French fraccion, 12c., "breaking") and directly from Late Latin fractionem (nominative fractio) "a breaking," especially into pieces, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin frangere "to break," from PIE root *bhreg- "to break" (cf. Sanskrit (giri)-bhraj "breaking-forth (out of the mountains);" Gothic brikan, Old English brecan "to break;" Lithuanian brasketi "crash, crack;" Old Irish braigim "break" wind). Meaning "a breaking or dividing" is from early 15c.; sense of "broken off piece, fragment," is from c.1600.
  • noun part
  • noun incomplete number
Example sentences :
  • And her heart for the fraction of a second seemed to stand still too.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • For a fraction of a second I had one glimpse of the animal through the brush.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • The banded colors were there for a minute fraction of a second.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Is there not a certain glow of triumph in taming such a fraction?
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • For what we have received from our ancestors is only a fraction of what we are, or may become.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • I can't begin to tell you; in fact, I've explored only a fraction.
  • Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
  • The 'fraction' ain't 'ignited' yet and the doctors are worried.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Half an hour later he seemed but a fraction of his usual size.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • Men of such indomitable initiative, though not rare, are but a fraction.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • Our own, at the present maximum, was a fraction over seventy-seven.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

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