fraccionado

fractionated

adjective frahk-syoh-NAH-doh Rare

Also means

fractional

Usage Note

Fraccionado describes a process or substance that has been separated into fractions, most commonly in destilación fraccionada (fractional distillation) used to refine crude oil. The word is the past participle of fraccionar used adjectivally. In finance and mathematics fraccionado can also mean 'broken into fractional parts', but the industrial chemistry sense is dominant in technical texts.

Examples

"El petróleo crudo se procesa mediante destilación fraccionada."

Natural Translation

Crude oil is processed by fractional distillation.

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