"fractional number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fractional numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fractional number (plural fractional numbers)
  1. (grammar) A word that expresses one or more of a specific number of parts of a whole. Categories (topical): Grammar, Numbers Synonyms: fractional, fractional numeral, partitive numeral Related terms: numeral Coordinate_terms: cardinal number [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], ordinal number [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], distributive number [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], multiplier [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
    Sense id: en-fractional_number-en-noun-fMqCEuEe Disambiguation of Numbers: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 92 8 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (arithmetic) A fraction, such as 1/2 or 3/5. Categories (topical): Arithmetic Synonyms: fraction
    Sense id: en-fractional_number-en-noun-TwvLgdzh Topics: arithmetic

Inflected forms

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