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Definition of Fractioning
1. fraction [v] - See also: fraction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fractioning
Literary usage of Fractioning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1837)
"For if we first multiply a given step b by a given fractional number - , that
is, if we first perform on b the act o'f fractioning denoted by this number, ..."
2. Handbook for Highway Engineers, Containing Information Ordinarily Used in by Wilson Gardner Harger, Edmund Arnold Bonney (1912)
"At the breaking or fractioning points, the flame is removed and the temperature
is allowed to drop about 10°; the flame is then replaced and the temperature ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"The formamide produced in each case was obtained by separating from impurities
by fractioning in vacuo in the usual way and distilling the residue after the ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1897)
"Sweet odor resembling tarragon, with slight after-smell of rue; almost colorless;
sp. gr. .839, and an optical rotation of 4 10. On fractioning 31 per cent, ..."
5. The Vitamine Manual: A Presentation of Essential Data about the New Food Factors by Walter Hollis Eddy (1921)
"They did report other methods of fractioning which yielded crystals but failed
to produce a pure active substance. These results add nothing to what has ..."
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