| NOUN | substance | fraction | a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | fraction | a small part or item forming a piece of a whole | |
| quantity | fraction | the quotient of two rational numbers | |
| VERB | cognition | fraction, divide | perform a division |
| Sounds | frae'kshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | chemical, chemical substance | Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules |
| Spanish | fracción | |
| Verbs | fractionate | obtain by a fractional process |
| Meaning | A small part or item forming a piece of a whole. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | part, portion | Something less than the whole of a human artifact |
| Spanish | fracción, parte | |
| Adjectives | fractional | constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety |
| Meaning | The quotient of two rational numbers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | common fraction, simple fraction | The quotient of two integers |
| complex fraction, compound fraction | A fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator | |
| continued fraction | A fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on | |
| improper fraction | A fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator | |
| mantissa, fixed-point part | The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm | |
| proper fraction | A fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator | |
| Broader | rational number, rational | An integer or a fraction |
| Spanish | fracción, quebrado | |
| Catalan | fracció | |
| Verbs | fraction | perform a division |
| Meaning | Perform a division. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | divide | |
| Category | arithmetic | The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
| Narrower | halve | divide by two |
| quarter | divide by four | |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Opposite | multiply | combine by multiplication |
| Spanish | dividir, fraccionar | |
| Catalan | dividir, fraccionar | |
| Nouns | fraction | the quotient of two rational numbers |
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