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fractionator

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frac⋅tion⋅a⋅tor

  [frak-shuh-ney-ter]
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–noun
1. Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker.
2. any apparatus capable of separating complex liquid substances, as blood, into their component parts.
Origin:
fractionate + -or 2
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frac·tion·ate   (frāk'shə-nāt')   
tr.v.   frac·tion·at·ed, frac·tion·at·ing, frac·tion·ates

  1. To divide or separate into parts; break up: "In the post-Watergate era, power has been fractionated on Capitol Hill" (Evan Thomas).

  2. To separate (a chemical compound) into components, as by distillation or crystallization.

frac'tion·a'tion n., frac'tion·a'tor n.
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