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11Small-world network — In mathematics and physics, a small world network is a type of mathematical graph in which most nodes are not neighbors of one another, but most nodes can be reached from every other by a small number of hops or steps. A small world network,… …
12Fraction (religion) — The Fraction is the ceremonial act of breaking the consecrated bread during the Eucharistic rite in some Christian denominations. Western ChristianRoman CatholicIn the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, it is accompanied by the singing or… …
13fraction — noun 1 part/amount ADJECTIVE ▪ large, significant, sizeable, substantial ▪ mere, small, tiny ▪ A mere fraction of available wind energy is curr …
14fraction — The gold recovered so far may represent only a fraction of the total hoard (Sunday Times). A few careful users continue to maintain that fraction in the sense of a small part, as in the example, is ambiguous: 99/ioo is also a fraction but… …
15fraction — noun (C) 1 a very small amount of something (+ of): Gwen carefully opened the door a fraction. 2 a division or a part of a whole number in mathematics: ¾ and ¼ are fractions see also: common fraction, improper fraction, proper fraction, vulgar… …
16fraction — A few authorities continue to maintain that fraction in the sense of a small part is ambiguous: 99/100 is also a fraction but hardly a negligible part. The looser usage, however, has been around for at least three hundred years. Even so, it… …
17fraction — frac|tion [ˈfrækʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: fractio, from Latin fractus, past participle of frangere to break ] 1.) a very small amount of something fraction of ▪ I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price. ▪ She… …
18fraction — /ˈfrækʃən / (say frakshuhn) noun 1. Mathematics a. one or more parts of a unit or whole number; the ratio between any two numbers. b. a ratio of algebraic quantities analogous to the arithmetical vulgar fraction and similarly expressed. 2. a part …
19Small number — Within a set of positive numbers, a number is small if it is close to zero. A number is smaller if it is less than another number.Within a set of positive and negative numbers there is ambiguity, because being closer to zero does not correspond… …
20fraction — frac•tion [[t]ˈfræk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) math. a) a number usu. expressed in the form a/b[/ex] b) a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed 2) chem. a component in a volatile mixture whose range of boiling point temperatures allows it to be… …
