Associations to the word «Fractionate»

Wiktionary

FRACTIONATE, verb. (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.
FRACTIONATE, verb. (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.

Dictionary definition

FRACTIONATE, verb. Separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents.
FRACTIONATE, verb. Obtain by a fractional process.

Wise words

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