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How to pronounce fractions
IPA transcription: [f'ɹækʃənz]
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Noun
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a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
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a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
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the quotient of two rational numbers
Verb
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perform a division
“Can you divide 49 by seven?”
Usage examples
- Time dilation would become noticeable at appreciable fractions of the speed of light.
- There were nineteen different fractions of a pound of a whole number of pence.
- Here are two continued fractions that can be built via Euler's identity.
- Two fractions are called adjacent if their difference is a unit fraction.
- These are listed in the rule book as infractions without penalties.
- Subsequently, he was expelled from the seminary for a series of disciplinary infractions.
- We crumble the bowl with a rasp until only fractions are left.
- We crumble the bowl with a rasp until only fractions are left.
- We crumble the bowl with a rasp until only fractions are left.
- With so many factors, many fractions involving sexagesimal numbers are simplified.