Fractional Definition

frăkshə-nəl
adjective
Of, relating to, or constituting a fraction.
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Of or forming a fraction or fractions.
Webster's New World
Very small; unimportant; insignificant.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
Separated by fractionation; fractionated.
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noun
(grammar) An expression of a fractional number.
In English, most ordinals double as fractionals — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of "second", whose corresponding fractional is "half".
Wiktionary
Partial ownership of a property, such as real estate or a chartered airplane, such that each partial owner has use of the property for only a portion of the time.
A fractional is much more expensive than a traditional timeshare, but to many people, it's worth it.
Wiktionary

(chemistry) Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.

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Other Word Forms of Fractional

Noun

Singular:
fractional
Plural:
fractionals

Origin of Fractional

  • From fraction +‎ -al.

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Fractional Sentence Examples

  • When, by practice with logarithms, we become familiar with the correspondence between additions of length on the logarithmic scale (on a slide-rule) and multiplication of numbers in the natural scale (including fractional numbers), A /5 acquires a definite meaning as the number corresponding to the extremity of a length x, on the logarithmic scale, such that 5 corresponds to the extremity of 2X.

  • Of especial importance is Sidney Young, Fractional Distillation (1903).

  • A rigorous demonstration was wanting for many years, Leonhard Euler's proof for negative and fractional values being faulty, and was finally given by Niels Heinrik Abel.

  • The logarithms to base io of the first twelve numbers to 7 places of decimals are log 1 =0.0000000 log 5 log 2 = 0.3010300 log 6 log 3 =0.477 121 3 log 7 log 4 =0.6020600 log 8 The meaning of these results is that The integral part of a logarithm is called the index or characteristic, and the fractional part the mantissa.

  • Fractional silver coin is not legal tender above 20 pesos, and bronze and nickel coins not above 1 peso, but the government maintains conversion offices where such coins can be converted into silver pesos without loss.

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