fraction
分数,分词,分,分额
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- : Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b.a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- : Chemistry. a component whose range of boiling point temperatures allows it to be separated from other components by fractionation.
- : a part as distinct from the whole of anything; portion or section: The meeting started with a fraction of us present.
- : a very small part or segment of anything; minute portion: Only a fraction of the work was completed on time.
- : a very small amount; a little bit: It was only a fraction away from completion.
- : a piece broken off; fragment or bit.
- : the act of breaking.
- : Ecclesiastical. the breaking of the Host.
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- : to divide or break into fractions, sections, factions, etc.: Dissension threatens to fraction the powerful union.
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As a result, Phobos appears large enough to blot out a large fraction of the sun as seen from the surface of Mars.
She and her colleagues used a model that compared fantasy players’ win fractions during the first half of a series of competitions against their win fractions over the second half.
China’s gross savings rate, as a fraction of its gross domestic product, dropped from a peak of 52 percent in 2008 to 46 percent in 2018, while India’s fell from 37 percent in 2007 to 30 percent in 2018.
There’s a precise way in which a matching Set triple can be thought of as an arithmetic progression, and just as with lists of whole numbers, you can ask what fraction of the cards you must lay down to be sure of finding at least one triple.
Since 77 is an odd number, we cannot reduce this fraction to have a lower power of 2 in the denominator, so 5 or 6 generations will not work.
The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
Twitter mentions: 20,000, but still a tiny fraction of what was to come.
No, on the contrary, only a fraction of this country, a part which I would call the best of Italy, is against the Mafia.
It has a third of the budget and a fraction of the maritime vessels.
While it provides only a small fraction of the power used—about 1.5 percent—it does represent an important investment and symbol.