EGAVE

fractional

About 2.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Pertaining to a fraction.
  2. adjective Divided; fragmentary; incomplete.
  3. adjective Very small; minute.
  4. adjective Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.
  5. noun An expression of a fractional number.
    In English, most ordinals double as fractionals — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of "second", whose corresponding fractional is "half".
  6. noun Partial ownership of a property, such as real estate or a chartered airplane, such that each partial owner has use of the property for only a portion of the time.
    A fractional is much more expensive than a traditional timeshare, but to many people, it's worth it.
  7. noun Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.

Similar words

part divisional half halfway component constituent third aliquot quarter three-quarter

Often followed by

part distillation parts crystallization change factorial shares share reserve numbers

Word family

fractionally

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