| 单词 | fractional section |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfractional section 1. Of, pertaining to, or dealing with a fraction or fractions; comprising or constituting a fraction; of the nature of a fraction. Hence, incomplete, partial, insignificant. fractional currency (see quot.). fractional distillation: see distillation n. 3. fractional note (North American), a note in fractional currency. fractional section = fraction n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective] halfa1300 brokec1380 incompletec1380 imperfecta1398 infecta1398 unperfecta1398 uncompletec1430 unfullc1450 partile1576 unentire?1605 half-faced1607 fragmentary1612 broken1634 partiary1654 fractional1675 fractionarya1690 half-way1694 fragmentala1763 half-and-half1796 fragmentitious1827 incompleted1836 sectional1848 mincemeaty1870 the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [adjective] broken1609 fractional1675 fracteda1690 fract1715 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > portion or unit of pounds worthOE school land1466 shot1478 ground1548 officiary1594 canton1643 lotment1651 bovate1688 fraction1789 mahal1793 erf1812 fractional section1815 forty1845 tan1871 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > coins and notes > of small denomination fractional currency1863 shrapnel1918 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. long green1837 wild cat1861 greenback1862 postage currency1862 postage-stamp currency1862 postal currency1862 blueback1863 fractional note1863 greyback1863 yellowback1863 goldback1865 Sherman1892 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Pref. Not regarding the Fractional Parts of a Mile. a1806 C. J. Fox Speech Proc. Ld. Melville Sp. 1815 VI. 584 The right honourable gentleman..has amused the House with an account of fractional sums of 8s. 6d., 14s., and 2s. 1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati 129 Cincinnati is built upon one entire and two fractional sections. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 32 At length we are surprised that these fractional disputes close into one mighty..enmity. 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants iii. 294 The town is laid out of fractional sections thirteen and fourteen. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty 136 The interest which society has in him individually..is fractional. 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 102 Realizing a fractional profit for the convenience which they afford. 1863 Stat. at Large U.S.A. (1864) XII. 711 In lieu of postage and revenue stamps for fractional currency, and of fractional notes, commonly called postage currency,..the Secretary of the Treasury may issue fractional notes of like amounts in such form as he may deem expedient. 1878 Congress. Rec. 29 Jan. 638/2 [Silver] is not like our fractional notes, a promise to pay. It is payment. 1878 Congress. Rec. 4 Feb. 727/2 The fractional currency had become so ragged and so dirty that people were willing to surrender it for almost anything. 1879 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Fractional currency, small coin, or paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit. 1892 Daily News 20 Dec. 7/3 Messrs. B. decline to accept Messrs. M.'s fractional certificates in exchange for bonds. 1903 R. Stiles 4 Years under Marse Robert 63 In the South during the war banks, municipalities, companies, and.. individuals issued fractional notes or shin plasters which passed as currency supplementary to the Treasury notes issued by the Confederate Government. 1946 J. T. Adams Album Amer. Hist. III. 135 Later (July, 1862) Congress legalized small change notes by providing for the issuance of fractional currency in denominations of 3, 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 cents. < as lemmas |
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