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fractionate

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfrækʃəˌneɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(frak′shə nāt′)

Inflections of 'fractionate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

fractionates: v 3rd person singular

fractionating: v pres p

fractionated: v past

fractionated: v past p

frac•tion•ate (frak′shə nāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.

to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
Chemistryto separate (a mixture) into ingredients or into portions having different properties, as by distillation or crystallization;
cause to undergo fractional distillation, crystallization, or the like.
Chemistryto obtain by such a process.

fraction + -ate¹ 1865–70

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fractionate /ˈfrækʃəˌneɪt/ vb

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

ˌfractionˈation n

'fractionate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

decompose - fractionation - fractionator

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