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• Fractional — Frac tion*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fractional crystallization — Fractional Frac tion*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fractional currency — Fractional Frac tion*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fractional distillation — Fractional Frac tion*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Population growth — is the change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population using per unit time for measurement. The term population growth can technically refer to any species, but almost always refers …   Wikipedia

• Criticism of fractional-reserve banking — Main article: Fractional reserve banking Criticisms of fractional reserve banking have been put forward from a variety of perspectives. Critics have included mainstream economists such as Irving Fisher,[1] Frank Knight[2] and Milton Friedman.[3]… …   Wikipedia

• Error threshold (evolution) — The error threshold is a concept in the study of evolutionary biology and population genetics and is concerned with the origins of life, in particular of very early life, before the advent of DNA. The first self replicating molecules were… …   Wikipedia

• Trophic level — First trophic level The plants in this image, and the algae and phytoplankton in the lake, are primary producers. They take nutrients from the soil or the water, and manufacture their own food by photosynthesis, using energy from the sun. The… …   Wikipedia

• Doomsday argument — World population from 10,000 BC to AD 2000 The Doomsday argument (DA) is a probabilistic argument that claims to predict the number of future members of the human species given only an estimate of the total number of humans born so far. Simply… …   Wikipedia

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• Second home ownership — A few decades ago, only wealthy families owned more than one automobile. Today, owning just one car is a rarity. Over the thirty years, owning a second home may be as common as owning a second car. Already, 6.4 million homeowners (6%) own a… …   Wikipedia