fracsional.html - n.
(pl. same) a noisy disturbance or quarrel. [F f. fracasser f. It. fracassare make an uproar]

fracsional.html - n.
1 a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. л, 0.5).
2 a small, esp. very small, part, piece, or amount.
3 a portion of a mixture separated by distillation etc.
4 Polit. any organized dissentient group, esp. a group of communists in a non-communist organization.
5 the division of the Eucharistic bread.

fractionary adj. fractionize v.tr. (also -ise). [ME f. OF f. LL fractio -onis f. L frangere fract- break]

fracsional.html - adj.
1 of or relating to or being a fraction.
2 very slight; incomplete.
3 Chem. relating to the separation of parts of a mixture by making use of their different physical properties (fractional crystallization; fractional distillation).

fractionalize v.tr. (also -ise). fractionally adv. (esp. in sense 2).

fracsional.html - v.tr.
1 break up into parts.
2 separate (a mixture) by fractional distillation etc.

fractionation n.

fracsional.html - adj.
1 irritable, peevish.
2 unruly.

fractiously adv. fractiousness n. [FRACTION in obs. sense 'brawling', prob. after factious etc.]

fracsional.html - comb. form Meteorol. (of a cloud form) broken or fragmentary (fracto-cumulus; fracto-nimbus). [L fractus broken: see FRACTION]