fractionator

[ frak-shuh-ney-ter ]

noun

1. Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker ( def 10 ).
2. any apparatus capable of separating complex liquid substances, as blood, into their component parts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fractionator¹

fractionate + -or ²

Example Sentences

It also launched its twelfth natural gas liquids fractionator and its second propane dehydrogenation plant in Chambers County, Texas.

From Reuters

West, M. J., Ostergaard, K., Andreassen, O. A. & Finsen, B. Estimation of the number of somatostatin neurons in the striatum: an in situ hybridization study using the optical fractionator method.

From Nature

A fractionator of the orthodox gravity type would have to be 700 ft. high, said he, to compete with his trim little machine in efficiency.

From Time Magazine Archive

He inserted half a droplet of the supposed vaccine and plugged in the fractionator's power cable.

From Project Gutenberg

"This is a fractionator," said Calhoun.

From Project Gutenberg