fractionalize

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), frac·tion·al·ized, frac·tion·al·iz·ing.

to divide or splinter into fractions, sections, factions, etc.

Also, especially British, frac·tion·al·ise.

Origin:
1930–35; fractional + -ize

Related forms

frac·tion·al·i·za·tion, noun

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