OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5625

fraction

/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fracción
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction…
fracción • quebrado
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).
Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀.
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