Dictionary entry

Fractionally

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Definition

fraction / 'frækʃn / n ၁။ အစိတ္အပိုင္း။ အနည္းငယ္။ The car missed me by a fraction of an inch. ❍ Could you move a fraction closer? ၂။ အပိုင္းဂဏန္း။ eg. 1 / 3 , 5 / 8 , 0.76. See also VULGAR FRACTION ❏ fractional / -ʃǝnl / adj ၁။ အနည္းငယ္။ စဥ္းငယ္။ a fractional decline in earnings. ၂။ ( mathematics ) အပိုင္းဂဏန္း။ a fractional equation. ❏ fractionally / -ʃǝnǝli / adv အနည္းငယ္မွ်။ စိုးစဥ္းမွ်။ One dancer was fractionally out of step.

Examples

  1. [fraction of] : His investment is now worth only a fraction of its original value.
  2. [a small/tiny fraction] : Unions recruit only a small fraction of the workers.
  3. [a fraction of a second/an inch] : Joe glanced at her for a fraction of a second before answering.