A minor detail or circumstantial matter.
Extreme attention to minute or irrelevant detail.
A small amount.
A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternately, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
To divide or break into fractions.