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PRONUNCIATION OF LEVIGATION

levigation  [ˌlɛvɪˈɡeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEVIGATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Levigation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEVIGATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of levigation in the English dictionary

The definition of levigation in the dictionary is the grinding of a substance to a fine powder.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEVIGATION


aggregation
ˌæɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
allegation
ˌælɪˈɡeɪʃən
centrifugation
ˌsɛntrɪfjʊˈɡeɪʃən
congregation
ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
conjugation
ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən
delegation
ˌdɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
elongation
ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
homologation
hɒˌmɒləˈɡeɪʃən
interrogation
ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃən
investigation
ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən
irrigation
ˌɪrɪˈɡeɪʃən
ligation
laɪˈɡeɪʃən
litigation
ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
mitigation
ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
navigation
ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən
obligation
ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃən
prolongation
ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
propagation
ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən
relegation
ˌrɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
segregation
ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEVIGATION

leviable
leviathan
levied
levier
levies
levigable
levigate
levin
levirate
leviratic
leviratical
leviration
levitate
levitation
levitational
levitator

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEVIGATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of levigation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «levigation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEVIGATION

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The translations of levigation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «levigation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水磨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

levigation
570 millions of speakers

English

levigation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

levigation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

levigation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

levigação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

levigation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lévigation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Levigasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

levigation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すりつぶし
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

levigation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Levigasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

levigation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொடியாக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलतरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

levigation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

levigazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

levigation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

levigation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

levigare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υγρή άλεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

levigation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

levigation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

levigation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of levigation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEVIGATION»

The term «levigation» is used very little and occupies the 183.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEVIGATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «levigation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «levigation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about levigation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEVIGATION»

Discover the use of levigation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to levigation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
The manually operated procedures usually employed by the pharmacist today are trituration, pulverization by intervention, and levigation. Trituration — This term refers to the process of reducing substances to fine particles by rubbing them in ...
David B. Troy, Paul Beringer, 2006
2
Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing
Trituration can be successfully achieved using a mor— tar but this method is usually reserved for large quantities. Levigation This is the term applied to the incorporation into the base of insoluble coarse powders. It is often termed 'wet grinding' ...
‎2010
3
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology
Such levigation is usually carried out in one or more levigation tanks or pits, and the well-known potting scene from the tomb of Kenamun (TT93) has sometimes been interpreted as including a levigation pool. Holthoer (1977: 19) interprets an  ...
Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, 2000
4
The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques
210 Leatherhard-Levigation Lid-Lifting 211 212 Lime-Lime matt Limestone 213 214 l.hiumite-IAne blend. Leatherhard The stage, which plastic clay reaches during drying, when the clay particles are just touching and are thereby giving a ...
Frank Hamer, Janet Hamer, 2004
5
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook: Production and Processes
Usually levigation and fusion methods are employed for incorporating these components into the base. Levigation involves simple mixing of base and other components over an ointment slab using a stainless steel ointment spatula. A fusion ...
Shayne Cox Gad, 2008
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
Producing no efl'ervesccnce with acids ; affording by levigation at least 0.70 for their premier lot.* THIRD CLASS-CLAYS. Characters.—Not yielding efi' ervescence with acids, and afi'ording by levigation less than 0.70 of the first portion.
‎1839
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
It was reduced to impalpable powder by levigation, and dried at 212° F., and weighed while still warm. A sample of the mineral in coarse powder was used in the determination of the water contained in it. In the other steps of the analysis the  ...
Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, 1851
8
The Book of the Farm
Clays are characterised by “not yielding effervescence with acids, and by affording by levigation less.than 0'70 of the first portion.” 480. And the characters of calcareous and magncsian soils are, that they “ produce effervescencc with acids; ...
Henry Stephens, 1850
9
Iron Compounds—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
“Method. for. Producing. Pearl. Powder. thr0ugh. Levigation. and. Rolling. Porcelain. Balls". in. Patent. Application. Approval. Process By a News Reporter- Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week — A patent application by the ...
‎2013
10
Drug Compounding And Manufacturing
Although spatulas play a more important role in other procedures and techniques (for example, levigation), they are used in scraping down the sides of the mortar in trituration. A spatula resembles a knife in having a handle and a blade.
U.S. Department Of Defense

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEVIGATION»

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NASCAR: Five embarrassing moments
Then there was 2005, when Wheeler had the track surface grinded -- a process he called levigation, which smooths out the bumps -- resulting ... «ESPN, Jul 11»

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