Meanings
nounfractionalization (plural fractionalizations)
plural fractionalizations · alternative fractionalisation
- Separation into parts by fractionalizing.
Origin
- Old Frenchfraccion
- Middle Englishfraccioun
- Englishfraction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishfractional
- Englishfractionalization
From fractional + -ization.
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fractionalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalization
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“fractionalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fractionalization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalization.
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