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fraction
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraction, 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 *b?reg- (English break).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?k?sh?n, IPA(key): /?f?æk.??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
fraction (plural fractions)
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
- (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
- A small amount.
- The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraction.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)
- To divide or break into fractions.
Translations
References
- “fraction” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “fraction”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- "fraction" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- Croftian, factor in, infocrat
French
Etymology
From Old French fraction, borrowed from Latin fractio, fractionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ak.sj??/
Noun
fraction f (plural fractions)
- fraction (small amount)
- (mathematics) fraction
- fraction, breakup
Derived terms
- barre de fraction
- fractionnaire
- fractionner
Related terms
- fracture
Further reading
- “fraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- fronçait
fraction From the web:
- what fraction is equivalent to 1/3
- what fraction is equivalent to 1/2
- what fraction is equivalent to 3/4
- what fraction is equivalent to 1/4
- what fraction is equivalent to 2/5
- what fraction is equivalent to 4/6
- what fraction is equivalent to 2/6
- what fraction is equivalent to 6/8
paring
English
Verb
paring
- present participle of pare
Noun
paring (plural parings)
- A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
- The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.
Anagrams
- pringá, raping
Dutch
Etymology
From paren (“to pair; to mate, to copulate”) +? -ing
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa?ring
Noun
paring f (plural paringen, diminutive parinkje n)
- pairing (in a tournament)
- copulation, mating
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