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fractionation
fractionation
English
Noun
fractionation (countable and uncountable, plural fractionations)
- (chemistry) 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.
- Methane is separated from other hydrocarbons in a gas fractionation plant.
- (cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
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