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fraction

noun as in part

noun as in incomplete number

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The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

Twitter mentions: 20,000, but still a tiny fraction of what was to come.

No, on the contrary, only a fraction of this country, a part which I would call the best of Italy, is against the Mafia.

It has a third of the budget and a fraction of the maritime vessels.

While it provides only a small fraction of the power used—about 1.5 percent—it does represent an important investment and symbol.

The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.

"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.

Joseph had mentally spent his tiny fraction of the money a dozen times or more.

Before turning up the eleventh card he paused for the fraction of a second.

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On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fraction, such as: chunk, half, portion, bite, cut, and division.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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