fractional number
fractional number · fractional numbers
A word that expresses one or more of a specific number of parts of a wholeA word that expresses one or more of a specific number of parts of a whole.
Meaning
2 sensesA word that expresses one or more of a specific number of parts of a whole.
In English, most ordinal numbers double as fractional numbers — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of "second", whose corresponding fractional number is "half".
A fraction, such as 1/2 or 3/5.
Forms
plural: fractional numbers| Singular | fractional number |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsfractionC1fractionalfractional numeralpartitive numeral
Word family
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