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fractionation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fractionation has 2 senses
- fractionation(n = noun.process) fractional process - a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components; Array has particulars: destructive distillation, fractional distillation
- fractionation(n = noun.act) Array - separation into portions; Array is a kind of division
is a kind of industrial process
Derived forms verb fractionate2, verb fractionate1
Derived form verb fractionate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fractionation, n.
- the act or process of separating a mixture into portions of different composition, as in distillation or
fractional crystallization . [WordNet 1.5] - Separation of crude oil into components of differing composition by
fractional distillation . [PJC]
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