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Fractionated vs Fractioned - What's the difference?

fractionated | fractioned |

As verbs the difference between fractionated and fractioned

is that fractionated is past tense of fractionate while fractioned is past tense of fraction.

As an adjective fractioned is

separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated.

fractionated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fractionate)

    • fractionate

    English

    Verb

  • (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.
    • Crude oil is fractionated in a refinery to produce a number of different petroleum products.
  • (cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.

    • Related terms

    * fractionation

    fractioned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fraction)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated

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