"fractionate" meaning in English

See fractionate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹæk.ʃəneɪt/ Audio: En-us-fractionate.oga Forms: fractionates [present, singular, third-person], fractionating [participle, present], fractionated [participle, past], fractionated [past]
Etymology: From fraction + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|fraction|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} fraction + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fractionate (third-person singular simple present fractionates, present participle fractionating, simple past and past participle fractionated)
  1. (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. Translations (to separate a liquid into its constituent parts): fraccionar (Catalan), fractionner (French), frazionare (Italian), īheuheu (Māori), fracionar (Portuguese), fraccionar (Spanish)
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  2. (radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
    Sense id: en-fractionate-en-verb-3duZgzn3 Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 11 28 27
  3. (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
    Sense id: en-fractionate-en-verb-dIlBDrnG Categories (other): Cryptography, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 7 40 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 10 44 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 8 37 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 6 35 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 8 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 11 28 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 8 33 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 34 9 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 7 29 29 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
    Sense id: en-fractionate-en-verb-f~XotlJy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 7 40 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 8 37 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 6 35 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 8 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 11 28 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 8 33 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 34 9 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 7 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cofractionate, cofractionated, fractionator, oligofractionate, refractionate, subfractionate Related terms: fractional distillation, fractionation

Inflected forms

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