To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fractionate

present participle of fractionate

simple past tense and past participle of fractionate

(chemistry) 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.

(chemistry) A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. / (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.

To divide or break into fractions.

(grammar) An expression of a fractional number.

Pertaining to a fraction. / Divided; fragmentary; incomplete. / Very small; minute. / (chemistry) Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.