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Decimal vs Fraction - What's the difference?

decimal | fraction |

As an adjective decimal

is decimal.

As a noun fraction is

a part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

As a verb fraction is

to divide or break into fractions.

decimal

English

Noun

(wikipedia decimal)
  • (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) The number system that uses the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
  • (countable) A number expressed in this system.
  • (informal) A decimal place.
  • Pi has a value of 3.141, to three decimals .
  • (informal) A numeral written as a concatenation of successive negative powers of the base.
  • (informal) A decimal point.
  • Synonyms

    * (system ): base 10, decimal system * (number ): decimal number * (decimal place ): decimal place, place of decimals

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
  • Synonyms

    * base-10, denary (rare)

    See also

    * base * binary * hexadecimal * octal

    Anagrams

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    fraction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
  • *
  • 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 small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
  • (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
  • In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the .
  • A small amount.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=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 wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 29, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC
  • , title= Torquay 0-1 Crawley Town , passage=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 a fraction wide.}}
  • The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
  • * Foxe
  • Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up.

    Derived terms

    * common fraction * complex fraction * decimal fraction * Egyptian fraction * field of fractions * fractional * improper fraction * ordinal fraction * partial fraction decomposition * partial fraction expansion * proper fraction * simple fraction * unit fraction * vulgar fraction

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide or break into fractions.
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