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Meaning of "quartation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUARTATION

quartation  [kwɔːˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUARTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quartation 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 QUARTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of quartation in the English dictionary

The definition of quartation in the dictionary is the adding of silver to a mixture of gold and silver.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUARTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUARTATION

quart
quartan
quarte
quarter
quarter century
quarter crack
quarter day
quarter grain
quarter horse
quarter mile
quarter note
quarter plate
quarter pound
quarter round
quarter section
quarter sessions
quarter tone
quarter turn
quarter window
quarter-bound

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUARTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of quartation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quartation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUARTATION

Find out the translation of quartation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quartation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quartation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四分法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quartation
570 millions of speakers

English

quartation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

quartation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

quartation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

quartation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quartation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

quartation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quartation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuartalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

quartation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

4分法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quartation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quartation
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quartation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quartation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

quartation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quartation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quartation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

quartation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

quartation
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

quartation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quartation
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

quartation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quartation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quartation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUARTATION»

The term «quartation» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.424 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUARTATION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUARTATION»

Discover the use of quartation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quartation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Intelligent Surveillance Systems
Quartation is exploited to segment difference frames, which creates a mosaic system. This is a recursive process, in which the final number for quartation is obtained statistically, and is discussed in the next subsection. In the metro surveillance ...
Huihuan Qian, Xinyu Wu, Yangsheng Xu, 2011
2
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
In quartation, which refiners employ to purify gold, although three parts of silver be so exquisitely mingled by fusion with a fourt!; part of gold, whence the operation is denominated, that the resulting mass acquires several new qualities ; yet, ...
‎1816
3
Bulletin
Kandelhardtand Chaudet, on gold-silver ratio in quartation alloy 25 Lead, effect of amount of, on gold lost ... 23 retention of, by cupelled beads 2B-24 Lenher, V., on solubility of gold in acids. 26 Lindgren, Waldemar, acknowledgments to ...
‎1905
4
Limestones of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Kandelhardt and Chaudet, on gold-silver ratio in quartation alloy 25 Lead, effect of amount of, on gold lost ... 23 retention of, by cupelled beads 23-24 Lenher, V., on solubility of gold in acids. 26 Lindgren, Waldemar, acknowledg- mentsto 8 ...
Frederick Gardner Clapp, 1905
5
Report of the Board of Regents
The process to be described is based upon the rule of quartation, in which the proportion of silver is three-fourths. PROCESS OF ASSAY. The reserved gold coins are placed in a black-lead crucible, and covered with borax to assist the fluxing ...
‎1872
6
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian ...
The process to be described is based upon the rule of quartation, in which the proportion of silver is three-fourths. PROCESS OF ASSAY. The reserved old coins are placed in a black-lead crucible, and covered with borax to assist the fluxing ...
‎1872
7
Sulphurets: what they are, how concentrated, how assayed, ...
This is called " quartation." But, in a case like the one in hand, we cannot know, even approximately, the proportion of gold, until we have made a preliminary trial , such as we have detailed. If, indeed, the button had been of a deep yellow color,  ...
William Barstow, 1867
8
The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency Or Money of ...
Silver is next weighed out for the quartation, and as the assay piece, if standard, ( •should contain 900-thousandth of gold, there must be three times this weight, or 2700-thousandths of silver, and this is accordingly the quantity used. It is true ...
Montroville Wilson Dickeson, 1860
9
House Documents
The process to be described is based upon the rule of quartation, in which the proportion of silver is three-fourths. PROCESS OF ASSAY. The reserved gold coins are placed in a black-lead crucible, and covered with borax to assist the fluxing ...
USA House of Representatives, 1869
10
A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy: With Their ...
The former is seldom suspected ; the latter is separated by the operations called quartation and parting. Quarta- tion consists in adding three parts of silver to the supposed gold, and fusing them together ; by which means the gold becomes at  ...
Andrew Ure, 1831

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