fractional


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to fractional: fractional distillation

frac·tion·al

(frăk′shə-nəl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or constituting a fraction.
2. Very small; insignificant: a minor candidate's fractional share of the vote.
3. Being in fractions or pieces.
4. Separated by fractionation; fractionated.
frac′tion·al·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fractional

(ˈfrækʃənəl) or

fractionary

adj
1. (Mathematics) relating to, containing, or constituting one or more fractions
2. (Chemistry) of or denoting a process in which components of a mixture are separated by exploiting differences in their physical properties, such as boiling points, solubility, etc: fractional distillation; fractional crystallization.
3. very small or insignificant
4. broken up; fragmented
ˈfractionally adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

frac•tion•al

(ˈfræk ʃə nl)

adj.
1. pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
2. comparatively small; inconsiderable: The profit was fractional.
3. of or pertaining to a process in which chemical mixtures are fractionated.
[1665–75]
frac′tion•al•ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. fractional - constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose"
incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

fractional

adjective
Relating to or affecting only a part; not total:
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
كَسْري
nepatrnýzlomkový
meget lilleubetydelig
törtszerû
sem lÿtur aî brotum
az pek az

fractional

[ˈfrækʃənl] ADJ → fraccionario (fig) → muy pequeño
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fractional

[ˈfrækʃənəl] adj → infime
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fractional

adj
(Math) → Bruch- ; (fig) → geringfügig ; fractional part → Bruchteil m
(Chem) fractional distillation → fraktionierte Destillation
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fractional

[ˈfrækʃənl] adj (Math) → frazionario/a (fig) → insignificante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fraction

(ˈfrӕkʃən) noun
1. a part; not a whole number eg 1/4, 3/8, 7/6 etc. fraksie, gedeelte كَسْر дроб fração zlomek der Bruch brøkdel κλάσμα fracción murd(arv) کسر murtoluku fraction שבר खंड razlomak hányad, tört(rész) pecahan brot frazione 分数 분수 trupmena daļskaitlis pecahan deel, breuk brøk ułamek کسر، ماتیدنه fracção fracţie дробь zlomok ulomek razlomak [bråk]del เศษส่วน kesir 分數(數學名詞) дріб کل کا کوئی جز phân số 分数
2. a small part. She has only a fraction of her brother's intelligence. fraksie جُزْء صَغير من частица fração zlomek der Bruchteil en smule μικρό μέρος poquito murdosa بخش؛ خرده murto-osa petite portion חֶלֶק קָטָן अंश djelić töredék sebagian kecil brot eða lítill hluti po', piccola parte わずか 작은 부분 dalelė daļa; druska; kripata sebahagian kecil fractie brøkdel, lite grann cząstka برخه fracção mică parte частица zlomok delček delić bråkdel ส่วนน้อย az, biraz 小部分 частка; крихта ایک چھوٹا حصہ một chút 小部分
ˈfractional adjective
very small. a fractional amount. fraksionele كَسْري много малък mínimo zlomkový, nepatrný unbedeutend ubetydelig; meget lille κλασματικός muy pequeño, ínfimo murdosaline بسیار ناچیز pikkuriikkinen infime זעיר थोड़ा सा neznatan, vrlo malen törtszerű sedikit sem lÿtur að brotum piccolo わずかの 매우 작은 labai mažas, nereikšmingas daļas-; sīks; niecīgs sangat kecil miniem brøk-, ubetydelig ułamkowy جزئى، ډليز mínimo infim незначительный nepatrný majcen razlomački obetydlig ปริมาณเล็กน้อยมาก az, pek az 極小的 незначний جزوی rất nhỏ 极小的
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
He did not know that it was a mere fractional part of the great island of Ysabel, that was again one island of a thousand, many of them greater, that composed the Solomon Islands that men marked on charts as a group of specks in the vastitude of the far-western South Pacific.
View in context
Nine men out of ten would flee from a Royal Society soiree in extremity of boredom; but Creighton was the tenth, and at times his soul yearned for the crowded rooms in easy London where silver-haired, bald- headed gentlemen who know nothing of the Army move among spectroscopic experiments, the lesser plants of the frozen tundras, electric flight-measuring machines, and apparatus for slicing into fractional millimetres the left eye of the female mosquito.
View in context
The statistics of this division are fractional; so let us, for the sake of convenience, make them roughly approximate.
View in context
Even Fleury who begat it and, unlike Magniac, died a multi-millionaire, could not explain how the restless little imp shuddering in the U-tube can, in the fractional fraction of a second, strike the furious blast of gas into a chill greyish-green liquid that drains (you can hear it trickle) from the far end of the vacuum through the eduction-pipes and the mains back to the bilges.
View in context
Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications; Volume 1: Basic Theory
Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications; Volume 1: Basic Theory
M2 EQUITYBITES-August 20, 2019-Flexjet to offer fractional jet owners with access to 2019 Monterey Car Week events
Flexjet to offer fractional jet owners with access to 2019 Monterey Car Week events
Travel Business Review-August 20, 2019-Flexjet to offer fractional jet owners with access to 2019 Monterey Car Week events
Flexjet to offer fractional jet owners with access to 2019 Monterey Car Week events
No fractional shares will be issued if, as a result of the reverse stock split, a stockholder would otherwise become entitled to a fractional share.
Babcock & Wilcox announces 1-for-10 reverse stock split
Fractional differential equations (FDEs) have become one of the cornerstones in the modeling of various real-world systems in recent years.
An Operator-Based Approach for the Construction of Closed-Form Solutions to Fractional Differential Equations
Flexjet LLC, a leading provider of fractional jet ownership, has reported a 17% growth in fractional and lease sales over the same period in 2017, the company said.
Flexjet reports 17% sales growth in first half of 2018
In recent decades, fractional calculus has found a large number of profound applications, which have triggered the development of both the theory and methods for more reliable discretization and approximations of the dynamics of continuous systems.
Discrete Dynamics of Fractional Systems: Theory and Numerical Techniques
Recently, a state-of-the-art electrical circuit element, namely, fractional order memristor, is often cited.
On the Memristances, Parameters, and Analysis of the Fractional Order Memristor

Full browser ?