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fraction

/frak-shuhn/US // ˈfræk ʃən //UK // (ˈfrækʃən) //

分数,分词,分,分额

Related Words

portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容chunk大块,块状,大块的,块状物half一半,半数,半个,半个月ratio比例,比率,比值,比数division划分,部门,分工,分化cut切,切割,削减,割end结束,终端,结束语,终止fragment片断,碎片,碎片化,零碎的section节,部分,段,章节share分享,共享,分享到,份额slice一片,切片,一片片的,一片片piece一块,一片,一件,块bite咬住,咬伤,咬人,咬合subdivision分区,分部,细分,细分领域part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间partial部分,局部,部分内容,局部的segment段,分段,节段,部分quotient商数,商,商号,商量

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
  1. 1
    • : to divide or break into fractions, sections, factions, etc.: Dissension threatens to fraction the powerful union.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpart
Forms: fractions
Synonyms
chunk大块,块状,大块的,块状物half一半,半数,半个,半个月portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容bite咬住,咬伤,咬人,咬合cut切,切割,削减,割division划分,部门,分工,分化end结束,终端,结束语,终止fragment片断,碎片,碎片化,零碎的piece一块,一片,一件,块section节,部分,段,章节share分享,共享,分享到,份额slice一片,切片,一片片的,一片片
nounincomplete number
Forms: fractions
Synonyms
portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容ratio比例,比率,比值,比数bit位,位数,比特,位元division划分,部门,分工,分化fragment片断,碎片,碎片化,零碎的part部分,部分内容,部分地区,部分时间partial部分,局部,部分内容,局部的piece一块,一片,一件,块quotient商数,商,商号,商量section节,部分,段,章节segment段,分段,节段,部分slice一片,切片,一片片的,一片片subdivision分区,分部,细分,细分领域

Examples

  • 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.

  • The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

  • We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.

  • "I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.

  • Joseph had mentally spent his tiny fraction of the money a dozen times or more.

  • Before turning up the eleventh card he paused for the fraction of a second.

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