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fractional [ˈfrækʃənəl] adj
1. (Mathematics) relating to, containing, or constituting one or more fractions 2. (Chemistry) of or denoting a process in which components of a mixture are separated by exploiting differences in their physical properties, such as boiling points, solubility, etc. fractional distillation fractional crystallization 3. very small or insignificant 4. broken up; fragmented Also fractionary [ˈfrækʃənərɪ] fractionally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations fractional adj (Chem) fractional distillation → fraktionierte Destillation fractional [ˈfrækʃənl] adj (Math) → frazionario/a (fig) → insignificante fractional [ˈfrækʃənl] adj (Math) → frazionario/a (fig) → insignificante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He did not know that it was a mere fractional part of the great island of Ysabel, that was again one island of a thousand, many of them greater, that composed the Solomon Islands that men marked on charts as a group of specks in the vastitude of the far-western South Pacific. Nine men out of ten would flee from a Royal Society soiree in extremity of boredom; but Creighton was the tenth, and at times his soul yearned for the crowded rooms in easy London where silver-haired, bald- headed gentlemen who know nothing of the Army move among spectroscopic experiments, the lesser plants of the frozen tundras, electric flight-measuring machines, and apparatus for slicing into fractional millimetres the left eye of the female mosquito. Even Fleury who begat it and, unlike Magniac, died a multi-millionaire, could not explain how the restless little imp shuddering in the U-tube can, in the fractional fraction of a second, strike the furious blast of gas into a chill greyish-green liquid that drains (you can hear it trickle) from the far end of the vacuum through the eduction-pipes and the mains back to the bilges. |
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