fraction

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/

名詞

古語

A part of a whole, or a number less than one.

日本語の意味

全体の一部 / 分数 / 小部分 / 断片

英語の意味

A part of a whole, or a number less than one.

やさしい日本語

全体（ぜんたい）の一部（いちぶ）です。1より小（ちい）さい数（かず）を表（あらわ）す分数（ぶんすう）の意味（いみ）もあります。

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

聴衆のごく一部だけが講義の最後まで残った。

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意味（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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意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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

意味（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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意味（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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意味（6）

(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.

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fractions （ plural ）