Fraction Definition

frăkshən
fractions
noun
fractions
A breaking or dividing, specif., of the Host in the Mass.
Webster's New World
A disconnected piece; a fragment.
American Heritage Medicine
A small part broken off; fragment; scrap.
Webster's New World
A number expressed as a quotient of two whole numbers, as134 or25: all fractions are rational numbers.
Webster's New World
A small part, amount, degree, etc.; portion.
Webster's New World
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verb
fractions
To separate into fractions.
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Other Word Forms of Fraction

Noun

Singular:
fraction
Plural:
fractions

Origin of Fraction

  • From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus (English fracture), past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrag- (English break).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fraccioun a breaking from Anglo-Norman from Late Latin frāctiō frāctiōn- from Latin frāctus past participle of frangere to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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