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fractionize, v.|ˈfrækʃənaɪz|
[f. fraction + -ize.]
trans. (and absol.) To break up into fractions.
1675Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) I. 216 If the second term of an equation be wanting, the penultimate may be removed into the room of it..and that without fractionizing. 1831Southey in Q. Rev. XLV. 443 They fractionize, they divide. 1841Fraser's Mag. XXIV. 207 To..fractionise..the Conservative party, would be an act of treachery. 1872Contemp. Rev. XX. 583 All of these fragmentary ideas..fractionize, but do not resolve the problem.
Add: Hence fractioniˈzation n.
1946in Funk's New Pract. Stand. Dict. 1963Acta Tuberculosea et Pneumol. Scand. XLIII. 39 (heading) Fractionization of 17-ketosteroids in urine of patients treated with isoniazid. 1971JETP Lett. XIV. 51 The growth of the priming diamond powders..revealed a previously unknown phenomenon, namely anomalously large fractionization of stable isotopes of carbon. 1978Aviation Week & Space Technol. 4 Sept. 26/3 Items still under discussion in SALT 2 include..a ban on flight testing a larger number of reentry vehicles..and a similar restriction on fractionization of SLBMs. 1989Chicago Tribune 19 May i. 25/3 This political fractionization appears potentially dangerous in light of Poland's history, which has been marked by crippling domestic political struggles. |