Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FRACTIONATION
fractionation
(noun) separation into portions
fractionation, fractional process
(noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fractionation (countable and uncountable, plural fractionations)
(chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient.
(cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.
Source: Wiktionary
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