Noun

(en noun)

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

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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.

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* {{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.

Noun

(en noun)

That which is thin and broad.

A thin, broad piece cut off.

a slice''' of bacon''; ''a '''slice''' of cheese''; ''a '''slice of bread

amount

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, year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune. }}

A piece of pizza.

* 2010 , Andrea Renzoni, ?Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit! (page 22)

For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.

(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

A broad, thin piece of plaster.

A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

A salver, platter, or tray.

A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.

One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw

(Australia, NZ) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)