"fractionalize" meaning in All languages combined

See fractionalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: fractionalizes [present, singular, third-person], fractionalizing [participle, present], fractionalized [participle, past], fractionalized [past]
Etymology: From fractional + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fractional|ize}} fractional + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} fractionalize (third-person singular simple present fractionalizes, present participle fractionalizing, simple past and past participle fractionalized)
  1. To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate. Derived forms: fractionalization, unfractionalized

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Alternative forms

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