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fractionator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
frac-tion-a-tor
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.

Etymology

From fractionate + -or.

Inflected Forms

fractionators (plural)

Derived Forms

microfractionator

Questions

What does fractionator mean?
A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.
Where does fractionator come from?
From fractionate + -or.

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