fraction
/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/noun, verb2 syllables
Fraction means: perform a division.
Synonyms for fraction1
verb, as in perform a division
What does fraction mean?4
verb
1
perform a division“Can you divide 49 by seven?”
noun
1
a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
2
a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
3
the quotient of two rational numbers
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with fraction?15
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Fraction in a sentence
- It's not even half true, but rather just a fraction of the truth.sundown
- He did it in only a fraction of a second.CK
- Computers can perform a very complicated task in a fraction of a second.Dejo
- We are familiar with only a tiny fraction of the universe.XenoKat
- The airport tax constitutes a substantial fraction of the price of the ticket.AlanF_US
- They winked at each other in a fraction of a second.shayan
- Any whole number can be written as a fraction.ddnktr
- How do you solve for the coefficient of a fraction?shekitten
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of fraction
as a noun
- plural
- fractions
as a verb
- past tense
- fractioned
- present participle
- fractioning
- third-person singular
- fractions
- past participle
- fractioned