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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fractionalize .
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One factor is our diversity, which has been a strength when our myriad of ethnic backgrounds are well-blended in our greater identity as Americans (e pluribus unum — out of many, one) but which can become a weakness if an overemphasis on diversity fractionalizes our electorate.
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The question that physicists ask is, when the electron fractionalizes into its spin and charge, where do its Fermi statistics go?
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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One of the many intriguing puzzles in physics is the strange behavior of the electron as it fractionalizes into two separate quasiparticles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The physicists suggest that the electron fractionalizes into not just two, but three components that carry the electron's spin, charge, and Fermi statistics.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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