fractional
fractional
Definition
frac·tional (frak′s̸hə nəl)
adjective
- of or forming a fraction or fractions
- very small; unimportant; insignificant
- Chem. designating or of any of various processes for separating the constituents of a mixture by taking advantage of differences in their solubility, boiling points, etc. fractional distillation
frac′·tion·ally adverb
fractional
Synonyms
fractional
modif.
fractional
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- distillation: Give examples of how the products of fractional distillation of crude oil can be used.
- parentage: Unusual features: The input coefficients of fractional parentage ( cfp ) cards can be taken with their original format from Comp.
- entitlement: All fractional entitlements to the Loan Notes will be disregarded.
- bandwidth: At 5 GHz, 1 % fractional bandwidth only gives us 5 TV channels of 10 MHz each.
- coordinate: By default fractional coordinates are assumed in which case the nearest image to the defect center is taken.
- digit: If val has more fractional digits than can be represented in the DynFixed, fractional digits are truncated and the return value is false.
Modifying Another Word
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