Meaning

noun a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

noun a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

noun the quotient of two rational numbers

originEtymology 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).…

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