Part 4551

<blockquote>[The Whigs'] <b>foziness</b> can no longer be concealed. <i>Blackwood's.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fo"zy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Fra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. & prep.</tt> <ety>[OE.]</ety> <def>Fro.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Fra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., for <ets>frate</ets>. See <er>Friar</er>.]</ety> <def>Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; <as>as, <ex>Fra</ex> Angelo</as>.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

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<hw>Frab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>To scold; to nag.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Frab"bit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crabbed; peevish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Fraction</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fraction</ets>, L. <ets>fractio</ets> a breaking, fr. <ets>frangere</ets>, <ets>fractum</ets>, to break. See <er>Break</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any <b>fraction</b> or breaking up. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A portion; a fragment.</def>

<blockquote>Some niggard <b>fractions</b> of an hour. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arith. or Alg.)</fld> <def>One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Common, &or; Vulgar</col>, <col>fraction</col></mcol>, <cd>a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the <i>denominator<i>, written below a line, over which is the <i>numerator<i>, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as <frac12/, one half, <frac25/, two fifths.</cd> -- <col>Complex fraction</col>, <cd>a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.</cd> <i>Davies & Peck.</i> -- <col>Compound fraction</col>, <cd>a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by <i>of<i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Continued fraction</col>, <col>Decimal fraction</col>, <col>Partial fraction</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Continued</er>, <er>Decimal</er>, <er>Partial</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Improper fraction</col>, <cd>a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator.</cd> -- <col>Proper fraction</col>, <cd>a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Frac"tion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>fraction</ex> out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum</as>.</def>

<h1>Fractional</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; <as>as, <ex>fractional</ex> numbers</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; <as>as, a <ex>fractional</ex> part of the population</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Fractional crystallization</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a process of gradual and approximate purification and separation, by means of repeated solution and crystallization therefrom.</cd> -- <col>Fractional currency</col>, <cd>small coin, or paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit.</cd> -- <col>Fractional distillation</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a process of distillation so conducted that a mixture of liquids, differing considerably from each other in their boiling points, can be separated into its constituents.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Frac"tion*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By fractions or separate portions; <as>as, to distill a liquid <ex>fractionally</ex>, that is, so as to separate different portions</as>.</def>

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