| Fra | n. [ It., for frate. See Friar. ] Brother; -- a title of a monk or friar; |
| Fra | adv. & prep. [ OE. ] Fro. [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frab | v. i. & t. To scold; to nag. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frabbit | a. Crabbed; peevish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fracas | n. [ F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. Cashier, v. t. ] An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frache | n. A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fracid | a. [ L. fracidus mellow, soft. ] Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fract | v. t. [ L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break. ] To break; to violate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fracted | a. (Her.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fraction | n. [ F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break. ] Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ] Some niggard fractions of an hour. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| fractal | (n) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry |
| fractal geometry | (n) (mathematics) the geometry of fractals, Example: Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal geometry |
| fraction | (n) a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process |
| fraction | (n) a small part or item forming a piece of a whole |
| fraction | (n) the quotient of two rational numbers |
| fractional | (adj) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety, Ant. whole, Example: a fractional share of the vote; a partial dose |
| fractional currency | (n) paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit |
| fractional distillation | (n) fractionation of a liquid by distillation |
| fractional monetary unit | (n) a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit, Syn. subunit |
| fractionate | (v) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents |