confraction
noun
plural -s
obsolete
: a breaking in pieces
Word History
Etymology
Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French confraction, from Late Latin confraction-, confractio, from Latin confractus (past participle of confringere to break in pieces, from com- + -fringere, from frangere to break) + -ion-, -io -ion
- inverse feedback
- inverse function
- inverse point
- inverse proportion
- inverse ratio
- inverse secant
- inverse sine
- inverse spelling
- inverse square law
- inverse tangent
- inverse taper
- inverse trigonometric function
- inverse variation
- inverse voltage
- inverse-square
- inverse-time
- inversed
- inversely
- inversely proportional
- inverser
- inverses
- inversest
- inversing
- inversion
- inversion point