- to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
- to separate (a mixture) into ingredients or into portions having different properties, as by distillation or crystallization; cause to undergo fractional distillation, crystallization, or the like.
- to obtain by such a process.
- to separate or cause to separate into constituents or into fractions containing concentrated constituents
- to obtain (a constituent of a mixture) by a fractional process
