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ONE-FOURTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-fourth mean?
• ONE-FOURTH (noun)
The noun ONE-FOURTH has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ONE-FOURTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of four equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
fourth; fourth part; one-fourth; one-quarter; quarter; quartern; twenty-five percent
Context example:
a quarter of a pound
Hypernyms ("one-fourth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Context examples
"Adventure," one-fourth as long, had brought him twice as much from The Millennium.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The researchers warn that fewer products currently use BPF and BPS — BPA still has more than half the global market share for the chemicals, and the average concentration of BPF and BPS is about one-fourth that of BPA in the US population.
(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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