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fraction
A fraction (from , "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, thre ...
is one or more equal parts of something.
Fraction may also refer to:
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Fraction (chemistry)
A fraction in chemistry is a quantity collected from a batch of a substance in a fractionating separation process. In such a process, a mixture is separated into fractions, which have compositions that vary according to a gradient. A fraction can ...
, a quantity of a substance collected by fractionation
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Fraction (floating point number)
The significand (also coefficient, sometimes argument, or more ambiguously mantissa, fraction, or characteristic) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its s ...
, an (ambiguous) term sometimes used to specify a part of a floating point number
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Fraction (politics)
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ...
, a subgroup within a parliamentary party
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Fraction (radiation therapy)
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignant cells. It is normally delivered by a linear particle a ...
, one unit of treatment of the total radiation dose of radiation therapy that is split into multiple treatment sessions
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Fraction (religion)
The Fraction or is the ceremonial act of breaking the consecrated sacramental bread before distribution to communicants during the Eucharistic rite in some Christian denominations, especially Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
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, the ceremonial act of breaking the bread during Christian Communion
People with the surname
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Matt Fraction
Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of '' The Invincible Iron Man'', '' FF'', '' The Immortal Iron Fist'', '' Uncanny X-Men'', an ...
, a comic book author
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Algebraic fraction
In algebra, an algebraic fraction is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are \frac and \frac. Algebraic fractions are subject to the same laws as arithmetic fractions.
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, an indicated division in which the divisor, or both dividend and divisor, are algebraic expressions
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Irrational fraction
In algebra, an algebraic fraction is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are \frac and \frac. Algebraic fractions are subject to the same laws as arithmetic fractions.
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, a type of algebraic fraction
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Faction (disambiguation)
Faction or factionalism may refer to:
* Political faction, a group of people with a common political purpose
* The Faction, an American punk rock band
* Faction (''Planescape''), a political faction in the game ''Planescape''
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Frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...
'', a type of administrative division of an Italian ''commune''
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Free and Independent Fraction
The Free and Independent Faction or Free and Independent Fraction (, sometimes ''Fracțiunea Liberală și Independentă'', "Independent Liberal Faction","Condeie", in ''România Liberă'', December 6 (18), 1886, p. 2Academicus, "Fapte și idei. S ...
, a Romanian political party
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Part (disambiguation)
Part, parts or PART may refer to:
People
*Part (surname)
* Parts (surname)
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Part (music), a single strand or melody or harmony of music within a larger ensemble or a polyphonic musical composition
* Part (bibliogr ...
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Ratio
In mathematics, a ratio () shows how many times one number contains another. For example, if there are eight oranges and six lemons in a bowl of fruit, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is eight to six (that is, 8:6, which is equivalent to the ...
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