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

NGLs are then condensed and moved - by truck, rail or pipeline - to a fractionator for processing.

From Reuters

Plains is building a fractionator on the site and expanding the stabilizer to 120,000 bpd.

From Reuters

Plains is building a fractionator on the site and expanding the stabilizer to 120,000 bpd.

From Reuters