| English noun: fraction | 
| 1. | fraction (substance) a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | chemical, chemical substance | 
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| 2. | fraction (artifact) a small part or item forming a piece of a whole | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | part, portion | 
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| 3. | fraction (quantity) the quotient of two rational numbers | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | rational, rational number | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | common fraction, complex fraction, compound fraction, continued fraction, fixed-point part, improper fraction, mantissa, proper fraction, simple fraction | 
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