fēn​liú

to fractionate

  • created sense approved 分馏/分餾 · fēn​liú · to fractionate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分馏 / 分餾

    fēn​liú

    to fractionate

    To separate a liquid mixture into its individual components by heating it and collecting the parts that boil off at different temperatures

    fēn​liù

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 馏 (literal) → 馏/餾 · liú · to distill

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  • created sense approved 分馏/分餾 · fēn​liú · fractional distillation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分馏 / 分餾

    fēn​liú

    fractional distillation

    The chemical process of separating a liquid mixture into components based on their different boiling points; fractionation

    fēn​liù

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 馏 (literal) → 馏/餾 · liú · to distill

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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