[{"word":"fractionate","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Crude oil is fractionated in a refinery to produce a number of different petroleum products."},{"definition":"To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fractionate"]}]