fraction

fraction has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
• n.. A portion; a fragment.
• n.. One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.
• v. t.. To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.
• n.. a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
• n.. the quotient of two rational numbers
• n.. a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
• v.. perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"