Fra
(Fra) adv. & prep. [OE.] Fro. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
Fra
(Fra) n. [It., for frate. See Friar.] Brother; — a title of a monk or friar; as, Fra Angelo. Longfellow.
Frab
(Frab) v. i. & t. To scold; to nag. [Prov. Eng.]
Frabbit
(Frab"bit) a. Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]
Fracas
(Fra"cas) (fra"kas; F. fra`kä"; 277), n. [F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break
in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. Cashier, v. t.] An
uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
Frache
(Frache) n. A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.
Fracid
(Frac"id) a. [L. fracidus mellow, soft.] Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [Obs.] Blount.
Fract
(Fract) v. t. [L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break.] To break; to violate. [Obs.] Shak.
Fracted
(Frac"ted), a. (Her.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; — said of an ordinary. Macaulay.
Fraction
(Frac"tion) n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [Obs.]
Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up.
Foxe. 2. A portion; a fragment.
Some niggard fractions of an hour.
Tennyson. 3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite
portion of a unit or magnitude.
Common, or Vulgar, fraction, 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 denominator, written below a line,
over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as ½, one half,
&frac25, two fifths. — Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator
or denominator, or in both. Davies & Peck. — Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or
more fractions connected by of. — Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction, etc.
See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc. — Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator
is greater than the denominator. — Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the
denominator.
Fraction
(Frac"tion), v. t. (Chem.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or
crystallization; to fractionate; — frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from
pretroleum.
Fractional
(Frac"tion*al) a.
1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population.
Fractional crystallization (Chem.), a process of gradual and approximate purification and separation,
by means of repeated solution and crystallization therefrom. — Fractional currency, small coin, or
paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit. — Fractional distillation (Chem.),
