fractionate
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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.
- (radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
- (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
- To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
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to separate a liquid into its constituent parts
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