fractionalize
[frak-shuh-nl-ahyz]
verb (used with or without object), frac·tion·al·ized, frac·tion·al·iz·ing.
to divide or splinter into fractions, sections, factions, etc.
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Also especially British, frac·tion·al·ise.
Origin of fractionalize
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