Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 25 compound words that contain fraction. The most common are listed below. Open fraction in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- ejection fractionThe proportion of blood ejected out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.
- proper fractionA vulgar fraction in which the magnitude of the numerator is less than or equal to that of the denominator, such as 2/3.
- common fractionA fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer.
- decimal fractionA proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.
- continued fractionA compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion.
- fraction barThe line separating the numerator from the denominator, whether horizontal, oblique, or diagonal.
- improper fractionA vulgar fraction of which the numerator has a greater magnitude than the denominator, such as 3/2.
- partial fractionAny of several fractions to the sum of which a single fraction is equal.
- Egyptian fractionA representation of a rational number as a sum of distinct unit fractions.
- fraction slashThe slash variant ⟨⁄⟩ used for expressing fractions.
- complex fractionAny fraction in which either or both of the numerator or denominator are themselves fractions.
- unit fractionA fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer; for example, 1/2 or 1/7.
- mass fractionThe fractional proportion of a substance in a mixture, by weight/mass.
- case fractionA fraction typeset as one glyph. For example, ½ rather than 1/2.
- fraction barsplural of fraction bar: The line separating the numerator from the denominator, whether horizontal, oblique, or diagonal.
- mixed fractionSynonym of mixed number: A number consisting of a whole number and a fraction, such as 11½.
- representative fractionThe scale of a map expressed as a fraction. For example, 1/63,360 or 1:63,360 indicates a scale of one inch to the mile.
- simple fractionA fraction in which both the numerator and the denominator consist of whole numbers.
- dyadic fractionA vulgar fraction whose denominator is a power of two, or a rational number representable as such a fraction.
- mole fractionthe ratio of the number of moles (not the animal) of one component of a mixture to the total number of moles
- finite continued fractionA continued fraction which terminates after a certain number of steps.
- general continued fractionA generalized continued fraction.
- regular continued fractionA simple continued fraction.
- simple continued fractionA continued fraction were all of the numerators are 1.
- periodic continued fractionA continued fraction with a sequence of numerators and denominators that repeat indefinitely
Compound words 25
- fractiousGiven to troublemaking.
- fractileThe value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- fractionaryfractional
- abfractionA proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study.
- biofractionA biological fraction
- fractionableAble to be fractioned
- glycofractionA fraction that contains carbohydrates
- hyperfractionationAn especially highly divided form of fractionation: the division of a total dose of radiation into many small fractions.
- interfractionBetween fractions.
- intrafractionWithin a fraction