Roxane Gay

I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.

American Writer

Rose Tremain

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel.

English Novelist

Irene Joliot-Curie

The time necessary for the disappearance of half the atoms, called the half-life, is a fundamental characteristic of each radio-element; according to the substance, the value of the half-life varies between a fraction of a second and millions of years.

French Scientist

Jocko Willink

I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.

American

Sarah Parcak

There are so many previously unknown sites and structures all over the world. And I think most importantly what satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world.

American Scientist

George M. Church

We went from a world where almost nobody knew anything about computers to a world where almost all of us are computer geeks for a huge fraction of our day. And I'd like to see that happen with the digital world of biological molecules, too.

Gavin Creel

My mom and dad have always, always, and continue to be the most incredible citizens of the world and most generous in quiet ways, that I strive to do even a fraction of what they do.

American Actor

Julian Baggini

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

British Author

Vernor Vinge

The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.

Paul Gauguin

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

French Artist

Used to express parts of a whole number in math classes and problem-solving.

Math Specific

'Fraction' often suggests a small part, but in math, it can represent more than half.

Not Always Small

Fractions can be represented visually; often seen as pie charts or parts of an object.

Visual Representation

Emphasizes that the part being referred to is less significant in quantity.

Expressing Smallness

In day-to-day language, 'fraction' is used to suggest a tiny, insignificant amount.

Colloquial Quantities

Often a term in specialized fields like science to discuss division of substances.

Technical Jargon

Linked with procedures that separate components, especially in science labs.

Scientific Procedures

When discussing politics, 'fraction' is about subgroups differing in opinion.

Political Context

In politics or sociology, 'fraction' refers to groups, not tangible parts.

Not a Physical Part

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 So, even though we're familiar with only a few irrationals, like square root of two and pi, the infinity of irrationals is actually greater than the infinity of fractions. Someone once said that the rationals -- the fractions -- are like the stars in the night sky.

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 elephant view of the world so when I say pink elephant all of a sudden for a fraction of a second you have pink elephants who are going to be jumping around in your mind before you realize oh wait pink elephants don't actually exist I need to fix this belief pink

Storytelling can be...

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 The ocean is like a huge underwater museum that constantly adds to our knowledge about humanity. With only a fraction of it explored, discoveries are sure to continue long into the future.

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 needs one bird to recognize danger and take evasive action and then like a life-preserving Mexican wave the escape response sweeps through the flock in a fraction of a second