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13 words match “FRACTIONAL”

FRACTIONAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
FRACTIONALLY adv.
By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.
BENZENE n.
e naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. Benzene nucleus, Benzene ring (Chem.), a closed chain or ring,…
CREDIT n.
ey; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a circular letter of credit. -- Public credit. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfull its pecuniary engagemen…
DENOMINATOR n.
That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
DISTILLATION n.
ition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
FRACTION v.
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.
FRACTIONARY a.
Fractional. [Obs.]
INTEGRAL a.
Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional.
NUMERATOR n.
The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.
ROUND a.
Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. Arbuthnot.
SCRIP n.
Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.]
UNIT n.
Duodecimal unit, a unit in the scale of numbers increasing or decreasing by twelves. -- Fractional unit, the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of the denominator; thus, unit of the fraction -- Integral unit, the unit of integral numbers, or 1. -- Physical unit, a value or magnitude conventionally adopted as a unit…