| Main Entry: | fraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
Synonyms: |
bite, chunk, cut, division, end, fragment, half, piece, portion, section, share, slice |
| Notes: | a faction is a group of people forming a cohesive, usually contentious, minority from within a larger group; a fraction is a small part or item of something forming a piece of a whole |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | fraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incomplete number |
Synonyms: |
bit, division, fragment, part, partial, piece, portion, quotient, ratio, section, segment, slice, subdivision |
| Concept: | [more]. [Less than one.] Fraction. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
fraction, fractional part; part.
-adjectives
fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal.
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| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | component, part |
Synonyms: |
basic, combining, composing, constituting, division, elemental, essential, factor, forming, fraction, fundamental, ingredient, integral, portion |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
Synonyms: |
board, component, division, essential, factor, fixins, fraction, ingredient, makings, part, part and parcel, plug-in, portion, principle, unit |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, accessory, article, brass tacks, chapter and verse, circumstantiality, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fine point, fraction, item, meat and potatoes, minor point, minutia, nicety, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, singularity, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, triviality |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, divider, dividing line, divvy, end, fraction, fragment, grouping, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, piece of action, portion, rake-off, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge |
Antonyms: |
system, whole |
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, chip |
Synonyms: |
ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, gob, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, minim, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | half |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one of two equal parts of a whole |
Synonyms: |
bisection, division, fifty percent, fraction, hemisphere, moiety |