Definition of Fracteon
Frac"tion (?), n. [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. (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, 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, ⅖, 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.
Frac"tion, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a part of a whole
- (Mathematics) a rational number written as two integers, one over the other and separated by a horizontal bar called a solidus, or side by side and separated by a slash; or in decimal notation using a decimal point.
- a tiny part-"a fraction of the cost"
- part of a particular society or group.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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