Fractionation

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  • n. A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the act or process of separating a mixture into portions of different composition, as in distillation or fractional crystallization.
  • n. Separation of crude oil into components of differing composition by fractional distillation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Chemical separation by successive operations, each removing from a liquid some proportion of one of the substances. The operation may be one of precipitation, or more familiarly of distillation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components
  • n. separation into portions
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    division   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fractional process   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    interesterification    chromatography    deodorization    crystallization    extraction   
     
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