tiny fraction

collocation in English

meaningsoftinyandfraction

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tiny
adjective
uk
/ˈtaɪ.ni/us
/ˈtaɪ.ni/
extremely ...
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fraction
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.ʃən/us
/ˈfræk.ʃən/
a number that results from dividing one whole number ...
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(Definition oftinyandfractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftiny fraction

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Therefore, we are dealing here with atinyfractionof atinyfraction.
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Only atinyfractionof the mass of a planet can be useful to its inhabitants.
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The number is barely 300, atinyfractionof 1% of all elementary schools.
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Only atinyfractionof strikers claim benefit, and many in thattinyfractionclaim only derisory amounts.
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Atinyfractionis used to improve efficiency.
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Only atinyfractionof them are on authorised sites.
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Only atinyfractionof that would be required.
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They have received only atinyfractionof it.
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That is atinyfractionof housing benefit claimants.
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However, they have done so by atinyfraction.
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The result is that there is little incentive for waste recovery, and refunds claimed represent only atinyfractionof deposits collected.
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Recall again that we have historical records for only atinyfractionof human language history and any inductive generalizations are perilous.
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It should be stressed that the lengths of polypeptides or polynucleotides are only atinyfractionof what is theoretically possible.
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While humans may approach computational universality, only atinyfractionof the computable functions that humans find feasible to acquire and perform exist.
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In particular, it is about atinyfractionof the whole of research expenditure.
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That is only atinyfractionof the coal carried by road.
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True administration costs—red tape—comprise but atinyfractionof those sums.
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Of course, the viaduct has been repaired for atinyfractionof that sum.
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Only atinyfractionof that fund was used last year.
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At most, only atinyfractionof all the votes are mutually exclusive.
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Those matters, however, are but atinyfractionof the problem which faces us.
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With respect, that is no more than atinyfractionof the issue.
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In money value they are, of course, but atinyfractionof the total contracts turnover.
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