FRACTION

Pronunciation (US):

• FRACTION (noun)
  The noun FRACTION has 3 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: FRACTION used as a noun is uncommon.

• FRACTION (verb)
  The verb FRACTION has 1 sense:

1. perform a division

  Familiarity information: FRACTION used as a verb is very rare.

• FRACTION (noun)

Meaning:

A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fraction" is a kind of...):

chemical; chemical substance (produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)

Meaning:

A small part or item forming a piece of a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fraction" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Meaning:

The quotient of two rational numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("fraction" is a kind of...):

rational; rational number (an integer or a fraction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fraction"):

fixed-point part; mantissa (the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808)

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)

improper fraction (a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator)

proper fraction (a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator)

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)

• FRACTION (verb)

Meaning:

Perform a division

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

fraction; divide

Context example:

Can you divide 49 by seven?

Hypernyms (to "fraction" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fraction"):

halve (divide by two; divide into halves)

quarter (divide by four; divide into quarters)

Sentence frame:

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