fractionation
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌfrækʃəˈneɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
fraccionamiento
- The AH protein samples were also digested via in-solution digestion methods without any fractionation.
Examples
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The results of the test automatically result in changes to the instrument settings governing the fractionation process.
Academic text (1994) -
So it'll survive all these mass, these fractionation steps and mass detection steps.
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A simple way to do this, of course, is to use fractionation.
Blog text (7) -
So this is a progressive fractionation process.
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Today, however, highly efficient techniques for extraction, screening, fractionation, and chemical identification are becoming routine and inexpensive.
Academic text (1995) -
The total dose received by the primary site and upper neck from the BID fractionation was 4500 cGy in 30 fractions.
Academic text (1995) -
Class 1 zeotropic blends are formulated to be nonflammable even under the worst fractionation scenario.
Academic text (1998) -
If an extract showed promise, substantially larger samples were needed for activity-directed fractionation, isolation, structure elucidation of active compounds, and further biological testing.
Academic text (1995) -
In addition, all peptides were fractionated with a DK-Tip C18 HiRP Fractionation kit (Diatech Korea Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea), as per the manufacturer's manual.
Academic text (2018) -
The laboratory implemented a new method for fractionation to separate the components of the mixture efficiently.
Synonyms
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4.1
Getting a substance out of a mix using chemical or physical methods
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3.2
The act of putting things into different groups
A process that separates a liquid mixture into parts by heating and cooling using their different boiling points
A method that heats a mixture to separate parts by their boiling points
Antonyms
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Morphology
fractionation = fractionate (transparent) = fraction + ation
The noun names the process of making or producing fractions; the link to 'fraction' (part) and the process nominalizer '-ation' is straightforward.
Etymology
The word fractionation comes from fraction, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to break', and you can see the same idea in fracture ('a break') and fraction ('a part'). So fractionation means 'breaking' a mixture into parts, which is why it is the process of separating a mixture into its parts.