fraction
/ˈfrækʃən/
noun
- A small part or amount of something.
- She spent a fraction of her savings on a new phone.
- The car hit the wall with a fraction of a second to spare.
- Only a fraction of the students passed the difficult exam.
- A number that represents a part of a whole, written as one number over another (e.g., 1/2, 3/4).
- The recipe calls for a fraction of a cup of sugar.
- In math class, we learned how to add fractions like 1/3 and 1/6.
- He calculated the fraction of the pizza that each person would get.
- A small, separated part of a mixture or substance, especially in chemistry or industry.
- The lab collected the liquid fraction from the distillation process.
- During refining, the lightest fraction of crude oil becomes gasoline.
- Each fraction of the sample was tested for purity.
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