"fractionator" meaning in English

See fractionator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fractionators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fractionate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English fractionator From fractionate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fractionate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fractionate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English fractionator [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-our", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-or", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fractionator", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fractionator"> From fractionate + -or., {{ety|en|:af|fractionate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English fractionate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English fractionator From fractionate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fractionator (plural fractionators)
  1. (chemistry) A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography. Derived forms: microfractionator Translations (apparatus used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation): fracionador [masculine] (Portuguese), fraccionador [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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