fractionator

fractionator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Middle English fraccioun
English fraction
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English fractionate
English -or
English fractionator

    From fractionate + -or.

    Noun

    fractionator (plural fractionators)

    1. (chemistry) 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.

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