fraction

fraction, petite partie

Une partie de quelque chose, surtout une très petite partie.

En anglais simple : A part of something, especially a very small part.

• We paid only a fraction of the cost.
• She paused for a fraction of a second.
• Only a small fraction of the visitors stayed overnight.

Comment l'utiliser : a fraction of something (The repairs cost a fraction of the price of a new car.)

Synonymes : part, portion

Contraires : whole

Expressions courantes : a fraction of something, tiny fraction, fraction of a second

fraction

Nombre écrit avec un nombre au-dessus d’un autre, comme 1/2 ou 3/4.

En anglais simple : A number written as one number over another, such as one half or three quarters.

• One half is a fraction.
• We learned to add fractions at school.
• Can you write this decimal as a fraction?

Expressions courantes : add a fraction, simplify a fraction, proper fraction, equivalent fraction