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What does fractionation mean?

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  1. (chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient.
  2. (cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
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In this study, each C or H is superscribed with α to indicate carbon or hydrogen isotope fractionation, respectively, for convenience.
Suitable corrections for mass fractionation and other minor effects have been made.
The fractionation, separation of active components and clarification of their mechanism of action are currently under investigation.
After fractionation with ammonium sulphate the sample was dialysed against ammonium bicarbonate buffer for desalting and lyophilization.
What is emerging in the place of the old multilateral approach, it appears, is a multiple fractionation of the global trading system.
Conservative analysis of our systematic fractionation of yeast cytosolic and nuclear extracts resolved 12 chromatographically separable activities.

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