fractionate (English, verb)
expansion: fractionate (third-person singular simple present fractionates, present participle fractionating, simple past and past participle fractionated)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
qualifier: radiotherapy
glosses: To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
glosses: To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
Forms:
form: fractionates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fractionating
tags: participle
present
form: fractionated
tags: participle
past
form: fractionated
tags: past