Thesaurus:fraction
THESAURUS | fraction |
English
Synonyms
- fraction
Hypernyms
- number [⇒ thesaurus]
Instances
1/x fractions, hyphenated examples
- one-half
- one-third
- one-fourth
- one-quarter
- one-fifth
- one-sixth
- one-seventh
- one-eighth
- one-ninth
- one-tenth
- one-eleventh
- one-twelfth
- one-fiftieth
- one-hundredth
- one-thousandth
- one-millionth
x/y fractions, hyphenated examples
- two-thirds (2/3)
- three-fourths (3/4)
- three-quarters (3/4)
- three-fifths (3/5)
- three-eighths (3/8)
- four-fifths (4/5)
- five-sixths (5/6)
- five-eighths (5/8)
- seven-eighths (7/8)
1/x fractions, examples, less common than the hyphenated ones
- one half
- one third
- one fourth
- one quarter
- one fifth
- one sixth
- one seventh
- one eighth
- one ninth
- one tenth
- one eleventh
- one twelfth
- one fiftieth
- one hundredth
- one thousandth
- one millionth
x/y fractions, examples, less common than the hyphenated ones
- two thirds
- three fourths
- three quarters
- three fifths
- three eighths
- four fifths
- five sixths
- five eighths
- seven eighths
Symbols
- ½
- ↉
- ⅓
- ⅔
- ¼
- ¾
- ⅕
- ⅖
- ⅗
- ⅘
- ⅙
- ⅚
- ⅐
- ⅛
- ⅜
- ⅝
- ⅞
- ⅑
- ⅒
- ⅟
Various
Related concepts
- division
- rational number
- quotient
- ratio
- rate
- portion
- part [⇒ thesaurus]
Notes
- GPO manual states: "Print a hyphen between the elements of a fraction, but omit it between the numerator and the denominator when the hyphen appears in either or in both.
- one-thousandth
- two-thirds
- two one-thousandths
- twenty-three thirtieths
- twenty-one thirty-seconds
- three-fourths of an inch"[1]
See also
- Appendix:Numbers
- Appendix:Unicode/Number Forms
- Appendix:English numerals § Fractions
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 100a. Fraction
- Category:English fractional numbers
References
- 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Further reading
- “100a. fraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “fraction” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
English_numerals#Fractions_and_decimals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia