| ANFRACTUOSITY | • anfractuosity n. A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains. • anfractuosity n. One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind. • ANFRACTUOSITY n. circuitousness, intricacy. |
| DIFFRACTIVELY | • diffractively adv. In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction. • DIFFRACTIVE adv. causing diffraction. |
| FRACTIONALISE | • fractionalise v. Alternative form of fractionalize. • FRACTIONALISE v. to break up into parts, also FRACTIONALIZE. |
| FRACTIONALISM | • fractionalism n. (Politics) The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies. • FRACTIONALISM n. the state of consisting of discrete units. |
| FRACTIONALIST | • fractionalist n. A proponent of fractionalism. • FRACTIONALIST n. a breaker-up of political unity. |
| FRACTIONALIZE | • fractionalize v. To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate. • FRACTIONALIZE v. to break up into parts, also FRACTIONALISE. |
| FRACTIONATING | • fractionating v. Present participle of fractionate. • FRACTIONATE v. to separate a mixture into different portions esp. by a fractional process. |
| FRACTIONATION | • fractionation n. (Chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller… • fractionation n. (Radiotherapy) The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions. • fractionation n. (Cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols. |
| FRACTIONATORS | • fractionators n. Plural of fractionator. • FRACTIONATOR n. a plant for carrying out fractional distillation. |
| FRACTIONISING | • fractionising v. Present participle of fractionise. • FRACTIONISE v. to break up into fractions, also FRACTIONIZE. |
| FRACTIONIZING | • fractionizing v. Present participle of fractionize. • FRACTIONIZE v. to break up into fractions, also FRACTIONISE. |
| FRACTIOUSNESS | • fractiousness n. The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness. • fractiousness n. A peevish or cranky nature. • FRACTIOUS n. troublesome, irritable. |
| FRACTOCUMULUS | • FRACTOCUMULUS n. a type of cloud. |
| FRACTOSTRATUS | • FRACTOSTRATUS n. a type of cloud. |
| REFRACTOMETER | • refractometer n. (Physics) An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance. • REFRACTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the refraction of light. |
| REFRACTOMETRY | • refractometry n. (Physics) the measurement of refractive index. • REFRACTOMETRY n. measurement by refractometer. |