trituration

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word trituration. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word trituration, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say trituration in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word trituration you have here. The definition of the word trituration will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftrituration, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

trituration (countable and uncountable, plural triturations)

  1. The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder.
    • 1871, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Cockermouth and Keswick: A Fragment: Cockermouth”, in Essays of Travel, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1905, →OCLC, page 95:
      In the trituration of another century or so the corners may disappear; but in the meantime, in the year of grace 1871, I was as much in a new country as if I had been walking out of the Hotel St. Antoine at Antwerp.
  2. Something triturated, especially dental amalgam.

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

trituration f (plural triturations)

  1. trituration

Further reading