fraction
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Is fraction a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of fraction?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (arithmetic) 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).Examples: "Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀."
2. (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
3. (Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.Examples: "[…] 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."
4. (archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.Examples: "Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking."archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To divide or break into fractions.transitive
2. (transitive) To fractionate.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary