A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page vii:
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a smallfraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
(arithmetic) Aratio of twonumbers (numerator anddenominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called thevinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by asolidus (diagonal bar).
a.1668 (date written),Jeremy Taylor, “The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: Discourse XIX.”, inReginald Heber, editor,The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D.[…], volume III, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co.[…]; and Richard Priestley,[…], published1822,→OCLC,page290:
[…] The bread, when it is consecrated and made sacramental, is the body of our Lord; and thefraction and distribution of it is the communication of that body, which died for us upon the cross.
I had occasion[…] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return[…] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wontedfraction by way of greeting,[…], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve afraction wide.
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