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fractional

 adjective
     
Related topics: Maths
frac‧tion‧al
1 very small in amount [= tiny]:
a fractional hesitation before he said yes
2 technical happening or done in a series of steps
3 technicalHM relating to fractions, in mathematics
—fractionally adverb
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