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Fractionation   Listen
noun
fractionation  n.  
1.
The act or process of separating a mixture into portions of different composition, as in distillation or fractional crystallization.
Synonyms: fractional process.
2.
(Petroleum industry) Separation of crude oil into components of differing composition by fractional distillation.





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"Fractionation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Queensland the fractionation of tribes seems to have gone further than elsewhere, unless we suppose that we have here an area, where, as in California, pressure from without has crowded together the remnants of many tribes. Although it is not obvious how the multiplication of ...
— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas


Words linked to "Fractionation" :   fractional distillation, fractionate, fractional process, destructive distillation, industrial process, division


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