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fractionate

[ frak-shuh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

fractionated, fractionating.
  1. to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
  2. to 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.
  3. to obtain by such a process.


fractionate

/ 藞蹿谤忙办蕛蓹藢苍别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to separate or cause to separate into constituents or into fractions containing concentrated constituents
  2. tr chem to obtain (a constituent of a mixture) by a fractional process
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢蹿谤补肠迟颈辞苍藞补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞蹿谤补肠迟颈辞苍藢补迟辞谤, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fractionate1

First recorded in 1865鈥70; fraction + -ate 1
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During reactions in nature, for example the expulsion from volcanism, deposition from the atmosphere, and the uptake by organisms, Hg-isotopes can become fractionated, enriching one pool in heavier isotopes, and others in lighter isotopes.

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"And if there's less precipitation, the isotopes are going to fractionate differently than normal," he said.

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In this relational void, where the story often feels fractionated rather than woven, the wildfire itself emerges as the book's main character.

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In today鈥檚 world of fractionated media, the celebrity status once enjoyed by Truman Capote, Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer may be impossible to duplicate.

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鈥淭oday鈥檚 Democratic Party is far more fractionated with all kinds of divisions,鈥 Mr. Kennedy said.

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