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fractionation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fractionation

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

originally conceived as one novel, The Lord of the Rings underwent a fractionation into a trilogy when its publisher feared it was too massive to sell as a single volume

Synonyms of fractionation

bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, partition, schism, scission, separation, split, sundering

Words Related to fractionation

breach, rupture

divorce, severance

decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision

atomization, dichotomization, polarization

diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering

administration, apportionment, distribution

isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration

Near Antonyms of fractionation

assemblage, association

attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup

aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion

Antonyms of fractionation

unification, union

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