Associations to the word «Fractionate»
Noun
Verb
Wiktionary
FRACTIONATE, verb. (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.
FRACTIONATE, verb. (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
Dictionary definition
FRACTIONATE, verb. Separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents.
FRACTIONATE, verb. Obtain by a fractional process.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.