ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. fract-us, pa. pple. of frangĕre to break.] a. Broken, cracked. b. Of a number: Fractional.
1547. Boorde, Brev. Health, lxx. 29 b. A mans skull … may be fract or broken.
1715. Phil. Trans., XXIX. 211. Mr. Newton introduced into his Analytical Computations, the Fract, Surd, Negative and Indefinitive Indices of Dignities.
