fractionation
Americannoun
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the act or process of fractionating.
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the state of being fractionated.
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Military. the division of a missile's payload into several warheads.
Etymology
Origin of fractionation
First recorded in 1925–30; fractionate + -ion
Example Sentences
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Keyera’s planned takeover, unveiled in June of last year, would establish a natural-gas-liquids corridor in Canada for the company, with assets that include extraction, fractionation and storage operations, as well as rail and truck terminals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
To overcome the lignin hurdle, Cai invented CELF, which stands for co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
“As a result, that kind of fractionation really doesn’t help you understand either the level of investment very directly, or the impact,” Wayburn said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
It also plans to build two natural gas processing plants and a fractionation unit to separate the various components of NGLs.
From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023
Thus, in this second cycle, in their great fractionation era we have: Ionia, from 600 A.D. to 1250 A.D.
From The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty by Bolívar, Víctor José Fernández
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