Thesaurus results for FRACTIONS

fractions

noun

plural of fraction

as in fragments

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete if even a tiny fraction of that cookie broke off and fell into the delicate watch works, it could mess things up

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Recent Examples of fractions Pak thinks that certain Everests — such as a major problem in number theory about whether sums like π + e can be written as fractions — will remain unresolved for centuries. —

Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026 Prices have risen by fractions of a penny for most of the week, sometimes even edging lower. —

Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents. —

Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Fortunately, however, the absolute energy of any individual particle-particle collision is tiny, corresponding to tiny fractions of a microgram’s worth of energy in terms of mass. —

Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026 Number theorists have particularly sought special points on a curve with coordinates on an x-y grid that are either whole numbers or fractions. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026 One officer fires a single gunshot, before the man appears to turn toward the officer and drops his gun fractions of a second before officers fire multiple times at him. —

David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026 However, this predictable behavior breaks down during ultra-high-speed deformation that occurs in mere fractions of a microsecond. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 Aerodynamics are extremely important in Skeleton, where the margin of victory can be fractions of a second. —

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The discovery of the ship fragments — and the research that followed — was two years in the making.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The episode follows a pivotal school trip that triggers Daisy’s memories of Toronto, revealing fragments of her past and a world fractured by violence.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026