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fractioning

fractioning is the present participle and gerund of fraction.

Meaning of fraction

Verb

fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)

  1. (transitive) To divide or break into fractions.
  2. (transitive) To fractionate.

See all 9 meanings of fraction

Noun

fractioning (countable and uncountable, plural fractionings)

  1. A division or breaking into fractions.

Forms of fractioning

pluralfractionings

Questions about fractioning

What does fractioning mean?
Fractioning means a division or breaking into fractions.
What is fractioning the present participle and gerund of?
Fractioning is the present participle and gerund of fraction.
What part of speech is fractioning?
Fractioning is a noun.
What is the plural of fractioning?
The plural of fractioning is fractionings.

Words near fractioning in the dictionary

  1. fractionation
  2. fractionations
  3. fractionator
  4. fractionators
  5. fractioned
  6. fractioning
  7. fractionings
  8. fractionisation
  9. fractionise
  10. fractionised
  11. fractionises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fractioning (page history and authors); fraction (page history and authors). 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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