ejection fraction

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The blood present in the ventricle at the end of diastole and expelled during the contraction of the heart.

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The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Twitter mentions: 20,000, but still a tiny fraction of what was to come.
How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account|Scott Porch|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No, on the contrary, only a fraction of this country, a part which I would call the best of Italy, is against the Mafia.
Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But once larger crews flew, ejection was no longer possible.
Can Anyone Make Space Safe for Civilians?|Clive Irving|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The first shuttle flights with two crew members used ejection seats and full pressure suits.
Can Anyone Make Space Safe for Civilians?|Clive Irving|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Joseph had mentally spent his tiny fraction of the money a dozen times or more.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Before turning up the eleventh card he paused for the fraction of a second.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke