fractionation

English Thesaurus

1. separation into portions (noun.act)

hypernym	:	division,
definition	:	the act or process of dividing (noun.act)

2. a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components (noun.process)

hypernym	:	industrial process,
definition	:	a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something (noun.process)

hyponym	:	destructive distillation,
definition	:	heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products (noun.process)

hyponym	:	fractional distillation,
definition	:	fractionation of a liquid by distillation (noun.process)

3. separation into portions (noun.act)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents (verb.contact)

4. a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components (noun.process)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	obtain by a fractional process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents (verb.contact)

5. separation into portions (noun.act)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents (verb.contact)

6. a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components (noun.process)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	obtain by a fractional process (verb.contact)

derivation	:	fractionate,
definition	:	separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents (verb.contact)