Fraction vs Morsel - What's the difference?
fraction | morsel | Related terms |
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
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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.
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, 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.}}
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, title= The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
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A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
A very small amount.
* 2008 , Pamela Griffin, New York Brides , Barbour Publishing Inc. (2008), ISBN 9781597899840, page 70:
Fraction is a related term of morsel.
As nouns the difference between fraction and morsel
is that fraction is a part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part while morsel is a small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.As a verb fraction
is to divide or break into fractions.fraction
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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
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.}}
- Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "fraction")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 fractionReferences
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?
