fractional
/ˈfɹæk.ʃən.əl/
fractional adjective: pertaining to a fraction.
Adjective
fractional (comparative more fractional, superlative most fractional)
- Pertaining to a fraction.
- Divided; fragmentary; incomplete.
- Very small; minute.
- The two women exchanged a glance, then a fractional nod of agreement.1987, Bill Knox, A Flight from Paris, page 93
- Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.
Noun
fractional (plural fractionals)
- 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".
- 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.
- Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.
fractional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fractional in Hindi
- pertaining to a fraction
- भिन्नात्मक bhinnātmak
fractional in Tamil
- பின்ன, பின்ன வடிவ, பகுதியான, பகுதிபட்ட
fractional in Urdu
- fractional
- مکسور maksūr
fractional in Bengali
- ভগ্নাংশগত
More languagesFewer languages
- fractional in Nepali
- अंशात्मक
- fractional in Tagalog
- hatimbilangin
- fractional in Persian
- کسری kasri
Examples of fractional in a sentence
- It can be proved that a Dedekind domain (as defined above) is equivalent to an integral domain in which every proper fractional ideal is invertible.
- In English, most ordinal numbers double as fractional numbers — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of "second", whose corresponding fractional number is "half".
- We call these sets the matching polyton and the fractional vertex cover polyton.
Synonyms of fractional
Forms of fractional
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fractional |
| superlative | most fractional |
| Noun | |
| plural | fractionals |
Origin of fractional
From fraction + -al.
Words formed from fractional
- fractional calculus
- fractional crystallization
- fractional distillation
- fractional freezing
- fractional ideal
- fractionalism
- fractionalist
- fractionality
- fractionalization
- fractionalize
- fractionally
- fractional number
- fractional reserve banking
- fractional rig
- fractional volume
- hypofractional
- interfractional
- intrafractional
- multifractional
- nonfractional
Phrases with fractional
Questions about fractional
- What does fractional mean?
- Fractional means pertaining to a fraction.
- What is fractional in Hindi?
- Fractional in Hindi is भिन्नात्मक (bhinnātmak). See Fractional meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fractional?
- Fractional can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fractional?
- Fractional is pronounced /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.əl/.
Words near fractional in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fractional (page history and authors); fractional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مکسور (Urdu) (page history and authors); fractional (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fractional (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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