fractionation
The English word “fractionation” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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; an instance of this process.
- The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions.
- A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
- A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.
- A policy in United States law of dividing communal Native American land into lots by person, which are then subdivided by any heirs to the land.
Etymology
By surface analysis, fraction + -ation, or, by surface analysis, fractionate + -ion.
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More English words
- fractionary
- fractionate
- fractionatedly
- fractionating column
- fractionator
- fractioned
- fractioning
- fractionization
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