Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A small part or segment of a larger whole.
Fraction
/ˈfrækʃən/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Examples:
He knew if the music was off even a fraction.
Clyde stood there, quite spellbound for the fraction of a second.
There was a fraction of a pause.
Etymology:
The term fraction comes from Middle English fraccioun, borrowed from Anglo-French, and from the Latin word fractionem which means a breaking, derived from frangere, meaning to break.
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