FRACTIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fractional mean? 

• FRACTIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective FRACTIONAL has 1 sense:

1. constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety

  Familiarity information: FRACTIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRACTIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety

Context example:

a partial dose

Similar:

aliquot (signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity)

divisional (constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit)

fragmental; fragmentary (consisting of small disconnected parts)

half (consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity)

halfway (including only half or a portion)

waist-length ((of clothing) extending only to the waist)

Also:

incomplete; uncomplete (not complete or total; not completed)

Attribute:

integrity; unity; wholeness (an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting)

Antonym:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

Derivation:

fraction (a small part or item forming a piece of a whole)

 Context examples 

A data type comprised of numbers with no fractional part, including the negative and positive numbers as well as zero.

(Integer Data Type, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A number with no fractional part, including the negative and positive numbers as well as zero.

(Integer, NCI Thesaurus)

A fractional rate by which tracer leaves plasma and is being trapped in a cell.

(Influx Constant, NCI Thesaurus)

These new states, known as the fractional quantum Hall effect, arise from the complex interactions of electrons both within and across graphene layers.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)

The fractional excretion is calculated by multiplying urinary sodium concentration by the plasma creatinine concentration, then dividing by the urinary creatinine concentration multiplied by the plasma sodium concentration.

(Fractional Excretion of Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of numbers with no fractional part that are constrained to positive numbers as well as zero.

(Non-Negative Integer Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)