See Also: fractional(dictionary)
fractional(dictionary)
Fractional(medicine)
Fractional Noise(money)
Fractional coins(money)
Fractional share(money)
Fractional coins(finance)
Fractional noise(finance)
Fractional share(finance)
Fractional Urine(health)

fractional (iou)



fractional adjective. L17.
[from FRACTION + -AL1.]
Of, pertaining to, or dealing with a fraction or fractions; comprising or being a fraction; of the nature of a fraction; incomplete, partial, insignificant. L17.
Financial Times Fractional early gains were eventually replaced by equally minor falls.
Pertaining to or involving separation of a mixture into fractions. M19.
Of or pertaining to a (Communist) fraction. E20.
Special collocations: fractional crystallization the separation of fractions of different chemical composition from a solution or liquid mixture by crystallization under varying physical conditions. fractional currency, fractional note N. Amer.: of less value than the basic monetary unit. fractional distillation separation, by means of distillation usu. with a fractionating column, of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point (and hence chemical composition). fractional note: see fractional currency above.
fractionalism noun the doctrine or policy of a (Communist) fraction; factionalism, schism: M20.
fractionalist noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent of fractionalism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to fractionalists or fractionalism: M20.
fractionally adverb L19.