fract able

[Lat. fractus =broken, pa. par. of frango to break.] Arch.: A gable coping, when the coping follows the outline of the gable, and is broken into steps, crenelles, ogees, . frăcted, a. [Lat. fractus, pa. par. of frango = to break.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Broken. an integer and a proper fraction (13); Simple, consisting of a single expre ion (1); Compound, consisting of a fraction of a fraction (3×1); or Mixed, composed of an integer and a whole number (63). *2. Eccles .: The act or rite of breaking the bread in the celebration of the Holy Communion. "The distributing the bread to the company, after the benediction and fraction, was customary among the Jews."- Water land: Works, vii. 51. For the difference between fraction and rupture , see RUPTURE. (1) Continued fractions : [CONTINUED, (3).] (2) Vanishing fractions: Alg .: Fractions which, if a certain supposition be carried out, will have their numerator and denominator destroyed at the same time by being made equivalent to 8. frăc-tion, v. t. [FRACTION, 8.] Chem.: To subject to fractional distillation. frăc-tion-al, a. [Eng. fraction ; -al.] Of or pertaining to fractions; constituting a fraction; comprising a part or parts of a unit; forming but a small part; insignificant. "We make a cipher the medium between increasing and decreasing numbers, commonly called absolute or whole numbers, and negative or fractional numbers."Cocker: Arithmetic. frăc-tion-al-ly, adv. [English fractional, and suff. -ly.] In a fractional manner; as, to distill fractionally. *frăc-tion-a-ry, a . [English fraction ; -ary.] Fractional. frăc-tious, a . [Prov. Eng. fratch =to squabble, to quarrel, to chide.] [FRACCHEN.] Peevish, fret ful, snappish, apt to quarrel, cro . frăc-tious-ly, adv. [Eng. fractious; -ly.] In a fractious, peevish, or frettul manner; peevishly, cro ly.