fraction

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/

Noun

archaic

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. / (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.

Japanese Meaning

全体の一部、特に比較的小さい部分 / （算数）分数：分子と分母からなる比率、一般に分子が上、分母が下に書かれ、水平なバーで区切られた形式

What is this buttons?

Only a small fraction of the audience stayed until the end of the lecture.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

聴衆のごく一部だけが講義の最後まで残った。

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Sense（1）

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 of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

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Sense（3）

(chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.

Sense（4）

(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.

[…] 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.

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Sense（5）

A small amount.

I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.

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