† fractadj.
Obsolete.
a. Broken, cracked.
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1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxxiiiiv A mannes skull..may be fract or broken.
b. Of a number: Fractional.
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fract1715
1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 211 Mr. Newton introduced into his Analytical Computations, the Fract, Surd, Negative and Indefinitive Indices of Dignities.
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