curation

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /kjʊˈɹeɪʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧tion

Noun

curation (countable and uncountable, plural curations)

  1. The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
  2. (archaic) The act of curing or healing.
  3. (databases) The manual updating of information in a database.
    • 2009, David Edwards, Jason Stajich, David Hansen, Bioinformatics: Tools and Applications:
      Manual database curation involves the following steps: (1) finding articles of interest; (2) finding and extracting facts (relations, events, associations, etc.) relevant to the database focus; and (3) converting extracted information into predefined standardized form.
  4. The selective assembly and presentation of information.
    • 2022 September 19, HarryBlank, “Beyond Repair”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 September 2024:
      "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?"
      "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest.
      "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."

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Noun

curation f (plural curations)

  1. curation; curing; healing