Fractionated vs Unfractionated - What's the difference?
fractionated | unfractionated |
(fractionate)
(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.
(cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
As a verb fractionated
is (fractionate).As an adjective unfractionated is
not fractionated.fractionated
English
Verb
(head)fractionate
English
Verb
- Crude oil is fractionated in a refinery to produce a number of different petroleum products.