FRACTIONAL


Meaning of FRACTIONAL in English

adj. 1 of or relating to or being a fraction. 2 very slight; incomplete. 3 Chem. relating to the separation of parts of a mixture by making use of their different physical properties (fractional crystallization; fractional distillation). fractionalize v.tr. (also -ise). fractionally adv. (esp. in sense 2).

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