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How to pronounce fraction in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms divide
Type of work out, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
Has types halve, quarter
Type Words
Type of chemical, chemical substance
Derivation fractionate
Type Words
Type of part, portion
Derivation fractional
Type Words
Type of rational number, rational
Has types fixed-point part, improper fraction, mantissa, compound fraction, proper fraction, complex fraction, simple fraction, common fraction, continued fraction

Examples of fraction

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In fact, that's only a small fraction of all the emissions associated with Dell.
From the online.wsj.com
Advertisers can better target their messages online, for a fraction of the cost.
From the timesunion.com
The trove, apparently, is a fraction of Butel's main collection, kept in France.
From the time.com
However, oil accounts for only a small fraction of fossil-fuel power production.
From the kentucky.com
That chills the atoms until they are a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
From the businessweek.com
Surely we can give just a fraction of it to support these women and their cause.
From the freep.com
As a greater fraction of it becomes superfluid, its rate of cooling should slow.
From the newscientist.com
The resort is set to be sold for a fraction of its cost, said one of the people.
From the bloomberg.com
Their rent is based on their income, and their income is a fraction of Denver's.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
  • Divide: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
  • A small part or item forming a piece of a whole
  • The quotient of two rational numbers
  • (fractionate) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
  • Fraction was a six-issue comic from DC Comics in 2004, in which four men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania steal the components of a powerful battle suit. The series was written by David Tischman, with art by Timothy Green II and covers by Tomer Hanuka.
  • A fraction (from the Latin ', broken) is a number that can represent part of a whole. The earliest fractions were reciprocals of integers: ancient symbols representing one part of two, one part of three, one part of four, and so on. ...
  • A parliamentary group, parliamentary party, or parliamentary caucus is a group consisting of members of the same political party or electoral fusion of parties in a legislative assembly such as a parliament or a city council. ...
  • The Fraction is the ceremonial act of breaking the consecrated bread during the Eucharistic rite in some Christian denominations.