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Webster 1913 Edition
Fractionate
Frac′tion-ate
,Verb.
T.
To separate (a mixture of chemical substances) into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.
– Frac′tious-ly
, Verb.
Frac′tious-ness
, Noun.
Definition 2024
fractionate
fractionate
English
Verb
fractionate (third-person singular simple present fractionates, present participle fractionating, simple past and past participle fractionated)
- (chemistry) To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc.
- Crude oil is fractionated in a refinery to produce a number of different petroleum products.
- (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.