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31Fraction — The breaking of the bread which in all Eucharistic Liturgies takes place before the Communion. It goes back to Christ s action at the original institution (Matt. 26:26), and was a sufficiently striking element in the primitive rite to make the… …
32fraction — frac|tion [ˈfrækʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: fractio, from Latin fractus, past participle of frangere to break ] 1.) a very small amount of something fraction of ▪ I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price. ▪ She… …
33fraction — The gold recovered so far may represent only a fraction of the total hoard (Sunday Times). A few careful users continue to maintain that fraction in the sense of a small part, as in the example, is ambiguous: 99/ioo is also a fraction but… …
34fraction — noun 1) a fraction of the population Syn: part, subdivision, division, portion, segment, slice, section, sector; proportion, percentage, ratio, measure Ant: whole 2) …
35fraction — /ˈfrækʃən / (say frakshuhn) noun 1. Mathematics a. one or more parts of a unit or whole number; the ratio between any two numbers. b. a ratio of algebraic quantities analogous to the arithmetical vulgar fraction and similarly expressed. 2. a part …
36fraction — noun Etymology: Middle English fraccioun, from Late Latin fraction , fractio act of breaking, from Latin frangere to break more at break Date: 14th century 1. a. a numerical representation (as 3/4, 5/8, or 3.234) indicating the quotient of two… …
37fraction — 1. noun /ˈfræk.ʃən/ a) A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a… …
38fraction — Synonyms and related words: Gaussian integer, adjunct, algebraic number, arithmetical proportion, cardinal, cardinal number, complex number, component, contingent, continued fraction, cross section, defective number, detachment, detail, division …
39fraction — A few authorities continue to maintain that fraction in the sense of a small part is ambiguous: 99/100 is also a fraction but hardly a negligible part. The looser usage, however, has been around for at least three hundred years. Even so, it… …
40fraction — noun 1) a fraction of the population Syn: tiny part, fragment, snippet, snatch 2) he moved a fraction closer Syn: tiny amount, little, bit, touch, soupçon, trifle, mite …
