What does "one-fourth" mean?

Ellipsis of one-fourth pad paper (“a one-fourth of standard size sheet of pad paper typically used by students for school quizzes”).

What is a synonym for "one-fourth"?

Common synonyms include: farthing, fourth, fourth part, one-quarter, one-quarter, quarter.

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Noun

1
Ellipsis of one-fourth pad paper (“a one-fourth of standard size sheet of pad paper typically used by students for school quizzes”). Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
2
one of four equal parts wordnet

Numeral

1
One of four equal parts (1/4, ¼, 0.25).
"California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson told The Wall Street Journal last month when the legislation passed that “one-fourth of California’s publicly traded companies still do not have a single woman on their board, despite numerous independent studies that show companies with women on their board are more profitable and productive.”"

"Bright yellow blotches up to one-fourth inch in diameter appear around the punctures produced by the feeding of this insect."

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