fraction
noun /ˈfrækʃn/
/ˈfrækʃn/
- a small part or amount of something
- Only a small fraction of a bank's total deposits will be withdrawn at any one time.
- She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second.
- He raised his voice a fraction.
Extra Examples- A mere fraction of available wind energy is currently utilized.
- The average income is high, though many people earn just a fraction of that average.
- Why not grow your own fruit at a fraction of the price?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- significant
- sizeable
- …
- fraction of
- just a fraction
- only a fraction
- a division of a number, for example ⅝
- How do you express 25% as a fraction?
Language Bank proportionproportionDescribing fractions and proportionscompare integer see also common fraction, proper fraction, vulgar fractionTopics Maths and measurementb2- According to this pie chart, a third of students’ leisure time is spent watching TV.
- One in five hours is/are spent socializing.
- Socializing accounts for/makes up/comprises about 20 per cent of leisure time.
- Students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.
- Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading.
- The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than the figure for reading.
- The largest proportion of time is spent playing computer games.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- vulgar
- decimal
- improper
- …
- express something as
- (chemistry) a quantity of liquid that has been collected as a result of a process that separates the parts of a liquid mixture
- The third fraction contains alchohols with boiling points of 120–130℃.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin fractio(n-) ‘breaking (bread)’, from Latin frangere ‘to break’.