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Fractionate

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Verb

1. fractionate

separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents

2. fractionate

obtain by a fractional process

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fractionate

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verb
1. 
to separate or cause to separate into constituents or into fractions containing concentrated constituents
2. (transitive) chemistry
to obtain (a constituent of a mixture) by a fractional process

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Fractionate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfractionˌated or ˈfractionˌating
1. 
to separate into fractions, or parts
2.  Chemistry
to separate into fractions by crystallization, distillation, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fractionate

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v. frac·tion·at·ed, frac·tion·at·ing, frac·tion·ates
v.tr.
1. To divide or separate into parts; break up: "In the post-Watergate era, power has been fractionated on Capitol Hill" (Evan Thomas).
2. To separate (a chemical mixture) into components, as by distillation or crystallization.
v.intr.
1. To divide or separate into parts: "Languages have an extraordinary capacity to fractionate into mutually unintelligible dialects" (Robin Dunbar).
2. To undergo chemical separation, as by distillation or crystallization.

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