Fractions

Word FRACTIONS
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Fractions"

What do we mean by fractions?

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.

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.

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The word "fractions" in example sentences

He abandon the _more difficult_ objected to that, for he fractions which we _have got_, thought that a man ought to be and to introduce _easier able to pay for his dinner in fractions_. ❋ Augustus De Morgan (1838)

Plus he called the final result within fractions of one percent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Charpak's chamber was a 4-inch square box of criss-crossed wires that measured, in fractions of a second, the trajectories of these exploded particles. ❋ T. Rees Shapiro (2010)

Blessing are counted in fractions and those fractions add up to a Full Life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As such this specialised area of games development combines the problems of developing parallel applications with the issues of distributed computing, but unlike render farms which can take hours to produce movie frames (Christensen, P.H. et al, 2006), or scientific investigations which might extend for years at a time (SETI@home, 2009), results must be calculated in fractions of a second to allow the game to progress. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With that revolutionary shift a new currency of success emerged: the ability to gather, interpret, and react to new information in fractions of a second -- real time. ❋ David Meerman Scott (2010)

And he offers lively lessons in fractions, and practice in counting to 256, as all of his creatures except the lion and the ant make pigs of themselves at dinner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So he predicted the final result within fractions of a per cent but you find fluctations in individual states disturbing? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Girya or kettleballs usually come in fractions and multiples of 16 kilograms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Equations that contain fractions are usually solved more easily by changing them into equations that do not contain fractions. ❋ Matociquala (2007)

In fact, if Bush WAS the murderous, fascist tyrant that you make him out to be, Il would not stand up to him because frankly we could remove that wart in fractions of a second. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bombs, for example, can cause an entire fuselage to tear apart in fractions of a second. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Rapid control and monitoring of the temperature in fractions of a second can lead to less scalding than a clumsy guess on the dial position in the shower! ❋ Unknown (1989)

Measuring is all math, and anyone who tries to double or halve a recipe needs to be fluent in fractions. ❋ Jessica Hagy (2007)

It's the best way I know to teach fractions, which is acknowledged to be one of the worst taught things in primary school "a weeping sore" article by Ellerton and Clements ❋ Bill Kerr (2008)

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