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fraction

noun
/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English fraccioun English fraction From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraccion, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break). Doublet of frazione.

  1. derived from *bʰreg-✻
  2. derived from fractio
  3. derived from fractio
  4. derived from fraccion
  5. inherited from fraccioun

Definitions

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

  2. A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other…

    A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).

    • Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀.

  3. A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.

      • […] The bread, when it is consecrated and made sacramental, is the body of our Lord; and the fraction and distribution of it is the communication of that body, which died for us upon the cross.

    2. A small amount.

      • After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve a fraction wide.

    3. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

      • Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.

    4. To divide or break into fractions.

    5. To fractionate.

    6. A surname.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fraction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fraction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at fraction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA