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A fraction is part of a whole number and it comes from a Latin word meaning broken part.
Yes, the word 'fraction' is a noun, a word for a part of a whole; a word for a thing.
it has numerator and denominator
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Historically, any number that did not represent a whole was called a "fraction". The numbers that we now call "decimals" were originally called "decimal fractions"; the numbers we now call "fractions" were called "vulgar fractions", the word "vulgar" meaning "commonplace". The word is also used in related expressions, such as continued fraction and algebraic fraction-see Special cases below.