Fractionate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fractionate \Frac"tion*ate\, v. t.
     To separate (a mixture of chemical substances) into different
     portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fractionate
       v 1: separate into constituents or fractions containing
            concentrated constituents
       2: obtain by a fractional process

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "fractionate":
     aerate, aerify, atomize, carbonate, chlorinate, distill, emit,
     etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, fluidize, fume, fumigate,
     gasify, give off, hydrogenate, oxygenate, perfume, reek, send out,
     smoke, spray, steam, sublimate, sublime, vaporize, volatilize