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• fraction — 01. These desserts taste like the rich desserts you love, but at a [fraction] of the calories. 02. Only a [fraction] of those who try to immigrate to this country each year are actually accepted. 03. You can buy regular jeans at a [fraction] of… …   Grammatical examples in English

• fraction */*/ — UK [ˈfrækʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms fraction : singular fraction plural fractions 1) a small part or amount of something fraction of: His investment is now worth only a fraction of its original value. a small/tiny fraction: Unions… …   English dictionary

• fraction — frac|tion [ frækʃən ] noun count ** 1. ) a division or part of a whole number, for example ½ or ¾ 2. ) a small part or amount of something: fraction of: His shares are now worth a fraction of their former value. a fraction of a second/an inch:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fraction — 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… …   Wiktionary

• fraction — frac‧tion [ˈfrækʆn] noun [countable] a very small amount of something: • Generic versions of the drug sell for a fraction of the branded price. * * * fraction UK US /ˈfrækʃən/ noun [C, usually singular] ► a small part or amount of something:… …   Financial and business terms

• fraction — in general use means ‘a very small part’: • Teaching loads at white schools often are only a fraction the size of those at black schools Saturday Review, AmE 1971. This use is idiomatic despite the pedantic objection occasionally heard that a… …   Modern English usage

• fraction — [frak′shən] n. [ME < L fractio, a breaking < pp. of frangere, BREAK] 1. a breaking or dividing, specif., of the Host in the Mass 2. a) a small part broken off; fragment; scrap b) a small part, amount, degree, etc.; portion 3. Chem. a part… …   English World dictionary

• fraction — ► NOUN 1) a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. 1 / 2, 0.5). 2) a small or tiny part, amount, or proportion. 3) Chemistry each of the portions into which a mixture may be separated according to a physical property such as boiling… …   English terms dictionary

• Fraction (mathematics) — A cake with one quarter removed. The remaining three quarters are shown. Dotted lines indicate where the cake may be cut in order to divide it into equal parts. Each quarter of the cake is denoted by the fraction 1/4. A fraction (from Latin:… …   Wikipedia

• fraction — /frak sheuhn/, n. 1. Math. a. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed. 2. Chem. (in a volatile mixture) a component whose range of boiling point temperatures allows it to be separated… …   Universalium

• Small-world network — In mathematics and physics, a small world network is a type of mathematical graph in which most nodes are not neighbors of one another, but most nodes can be reached from every other by a small number of hops or steps. A small world network,… …   Wikipedia