fractionize

American

[frak-shuh-nahyz] / ˈfræk ʃəˌnaɪz /

especially British, fractionise

verb (used with or without object)

fractionized, fractionizing

to divide into fractions.

fractionize British

/ ˈfrækʃəˌnaɪz /

verb

to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions

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Other Word Forms

fractionization

noun

Etymology

Origin of fractionize

First recorded in 1665–75; fraction + -ize

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fractionize fractionized

He goes to school, and various studies divide and fractionize the world for him.

From The Child and the Curriculum by John Dewey

But, more's the pity, my pay had been small, and it fractionized rapidly.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

The meaning of the Stopped Vowel-Sounds is merely the broken or fractionized aspect of the same ideas which are symbolized by the corresponding Full Vowel-Sounds.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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