fractional
comparatively small; inconsiderable or insignificant: The profit on the deal was fractional.
Chemistry. of or noting a process, as distillation, crystallization, or oxidation, by which the component substances of a mixture are separated according to differences in certain of their properties, as boiling point, critical temperature, or solubility.
Origin of fractional
1- Also frac·tion·ar·y [frak-shuh-ner-ee]. /ˈfræk ʃəˌnɛr i/.
Other words from fractional
- frac·tion·al·ly, adverb
- sub·frac·tion·al, adjective
- sub·frac·tion·al·ly, adverb
- sub·frac·tion·ar·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with fractional
- factional, fractional
Words Nearby fractional
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How to use fractional in a sentence
One of their earliest products was a milkshake machine called the Cyclone Drink Mixer, and many of their kitchen tools were based on the company’s own inventions, including a high-speed fractional motor.
Best toaster: Get perfectly golden slices every time | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceRobinhood is known for fractional shares, but it temporarily blocked people buying fractional shares of Gamestop.
5 ways Robinhood’s rushed UX changes exacerbated the GameStop crisis | Steve O'Hear | February 1, 2021 | TechCrunchThe proposal reportedly includes $2,000 stimulus checks, which would buy you a decent fractional share of Bitcoin.
Why Stimulus 3.0 + Impeachment 2.0 adds up to very little for investors | Bernhard Warner | January 14, 2021 | FortuneTenev, meanwhile, notes that buying fractional shares of pricey stocks like Google and Amazon is particularly appealing to this generation.
So to create their algorithm, Oveis Gharan, Saberi and Singh defined a random process that picks a tree connecting all the cities, so that the probability that a given edge is in the tree equals that edge’s fraction in the best fractional route.
Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record | Erica Klarreich | October 8, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Royalty rates drop to the alarmingly fractional in this new “non-physical” arena.
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age | Van Dyke Parks | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, one nascent winner has been the rise of crowdsourced fractional labor.
Is Crowdsourced Labor the Future of Middle Class Employment? | Sarah Kunst | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis camouflage ability underscores a broader issue with fractional regulation of a complex industry.
Jamie Dimon’s Hubris Unshakable as JPMorgan Reelects Him to Top Two Posts | Nomi Prins | May 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe difference is due to the less minute calculation of fractional quantities in the latter case.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThere was not a lie in this honest girl—not a fractional part of a lie—from her toes to her head.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties | Charles MajorBy the process of fractional distillation mineral oils of all grades can be obtained.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagIn the fractional second before the others could understand and react Dalgetty was moving.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William AndersonThe yard-land was only a fractional holding, incomplete for purposes of ploughing without co-operation.
The English Village Community | Frederic Seebohm
British Dictionary definitions for fractional
fractionary (ˈfrækʃənərI)
/ (ˈfrækʃənəl) /
relating to, containing, or constituting one or more fractions
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
very small or insignificant
broken up; fragmented
Derived forms of fractional
- fractionally, adverb
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