1. fraction - Noun
2. fraction - Verb
3. Fraction - Proper noun
The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
A portion; a fragment.
One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. Vernor Vinge
A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction. Leo Tolstoy
Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage. Albert Schweitzer
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Only a fraction of the history of literacy has been typographic. Marshall McLuhan
Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity! Paul Gauguin