Used in a Sentence

fractionation

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fractionation.

Editorial note

IMO the issue is fractionation and concentration (and is weighted by dose).

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Quick take

A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fractionation gathered in one view.

noun

A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.

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(radiotherapy) The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions.

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(cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fractionation.

noun

A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.

noun

(radiotherapy) The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions.

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(cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.

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(chemistry, uncountable, countable) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient; an instance of this process.

Example sentences

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IMO the issue is fractionation and concentration (and is weighted by dose).

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Microplastics are probably funny,.since they require chonky blood sample and repeated fractionation in a centrifuge at the moment.

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This latter approach - fractionation - is the way radiotherapy was delivered for most of its history.

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Basically, the differential fractionation of oxygen (and hydrogen) isotopes in water during evaporation vs.

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Maybe we will see a fractionation between businesses that use the free but ad-supported model and the pay-based model.

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Finally, we have proxy records going back thousands of years, based on isotope fractionation ratios and other paleoclimate data.

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A terribly inefficient option would be to allow the gasses to mix and just use fractionation to separate the heavy elements when dropping ballast.

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And again, you might get botulinum toxin as a side-protect here, where it'd be even harded to distinguish by fractionation from the intended protein.

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Dry Fractionation is just a small part of this very interesting resource.

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Each catch is transported on a fishing vessel to shore, where it is then processed by fractionation into fish meal and crude fish oil.

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Biological processes preferentially take up the lower mass isotope through kinetic fractionation.

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Chapter 1 introduces a Professor Silliman [0], who was commissioned to write a report on the practical fractionation of what would later become kerosene.

Quote examples

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Yup, for pea protein concentrates obtained by dry fractionation (arguably a slighly more complicated processing process than "just dried peas in a blender").

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Steps like "blending" or "fractionation" happen with olive oil[1].

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McSween Jr., "Formation of Evolved Rocks at Gale Crater by Crystal Fractionation and Implications for Mars Crustal Composition", Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123 (2018), Issue 6, pp.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fractionation in a sentence?

IMO the issue is fractionation and concentration (and is weighted by dose).

What does fractionation mean?

A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.

What part of speech is fractionation?

fractionation is commonly used as noun.