fractional

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Jet fuel is essentially a highly refined form of kerosene with specialised additives, and is usually produced from fractional distillation of crude oil.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings gave back most of their gains on Tuesday and ended the session with a fractional gain.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Tokenization also makes expensive blue-chip stocks accessible through fractional ownership, allowing anyone to buy a small digital slice of a company for just a few dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Patients with asthma showed a median 56% reduction in fractional exhaled nitric oxide, indicating reduced airway inflammation.

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025

When the sun reached its zenith and stood still the fractional moment, Nat took his reading.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham