Fraction

frak's hun, re. A portion; fragment. (Amth. or Alg.) A division of a unit or whole number.— Common or vulgar fr action. One in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction, as i, one-half; -2 two fifths. — Decimal f. One in which the denominator is a unit or 1 with ciphers annexed, — commonly expre ed by writing the numerator only with a point before it; thus,.5 = five tenths, ^J*_..25 = ^HP- Fractional, -ary, -a-rT, a. Pert, to fractions: constituting a fraction.— Frac'tious, -shus, a. Apt to break out into a pa ion: apt to fret; peevish: irritable; pettish. — Frac'tiously, adv. — Frac'tiousne , n. — Frax'ture, -chur, n. Act of breaking or snapping asuuder; rupture: breach. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. (Min.) The appearance of a freshly-broken surface, displaying its texture. — v. t. [fractured (-churd), -tiring.] To cause, etc.; to break, crack.— Fragile, fraj'il, a. Easily broken; brittle; frail; liable to fail.— Fragility, -T-tT, re. State of being, etc. — Frag'ment, n. A part broken off; detached portion. — Fragmentary, -a-rT, a. Composed of fragments; broken up; incomplete.