fractional

adjective frac·tion·al \ ˈfrak-shnəl , -shə-nᵊl \

|Updated on: 19 Aug 2018

Examples: fractional in a Sentence

Definition of fractional

1 : of, relating to, or being a fraction

2 : of, relating to, or being fractional currency

3 : relatively small : inconsiderable

4 : of, relating to, or involving a process for separating components of a mixture through differences in physical or chemical properties

fractional distillation

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fractionally

adverb

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Examples of fractional in a Sentence

There has been a fractional rise in the price of the stock.
There is only a fractional improvement in the new version.

Recent Examples of fractional from the Web

Michelle Lewis Executive director, Songwriters of North America Lewis and her songwriting partner Kay Hanley formed SONA in 2015 with LaPolt, and the group sued the Department of Justice the following year over its ruling on fractional licensing.

— robert levine, Billboard, "Who's Who Among the Music Industry's Advocates on Capitol Hill," 16 Apr. 2018
Flexjet Flexjet first entered the fractional jet ownership market in 1995.

— Town & Country, "Town & Country's 2018 Philanthropy Summit," 6 Apr. 2018
PlaneSense has been offering fractional ownership of aircraft for more than two decades.

— nancy trejos, USA TODAY, "The new private jet experience: the PC-24," 25 June 2018
In the world of fractional ownership, jets are the dominant force.

— BostonGlobe.com, "His business is like time sharing for airplanes," 19 May 2018
Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing.

— Town & Country, "Town & Country's 2018 Philanthropy Summit," 6 Apr. 2018
Then efficiency replaced curiosity, and budget airlines stepped onto the scene with fractional fares and time-saving routes.

— Sunset, "These Vacations by Deluxe Bus Are Hotel-Meets-Road Trip Perfection," 22 Jan. 2018
In dermatologist Macrene Alexiades's New York office, fractional radiofrequency devices, like the eTwo, have all but supplanted ablative CO2 lasers, which leave skin raw for weeks.

— lindsay silberman, Town & Country, "How to Reverse Sun Damage, According to Dermatologists," 28 Aug. 2017
FlexJet, a fractional jet ownership company, will give two contestants a private jet roundtrip flight to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for four days and three nights.

— nancy trejos, USA TODAY, "These are top travel contests you can enter in April," 5 Apr. 2018

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