Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components;
[syn: fractionation, fractional process]
2. separation into portions;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fractionation \frac`tion*a"tion\ n.
the act or process of separating a mixture into portions of
different composition, as in distillation or fractional
crystallization.
Syn: fractional process.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. (Petroleum industry) Separation of crude oil into
components of differing composition by fractional
distillation.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fractionation
n 1: a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its
components [syn: fractionation, fractional process]
2: separation into portions