quartation

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noun

The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.

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inquartation
OriginLatin quartus →
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Meanings

nounquartation (usually uncountable, plural quartations)

plural quartations

  1. archaicuncountableusuallychemistryThe act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.

    Synonyms: inquartation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.

Similar
inquartation

Origin

  1. Latinquartus
  2. Englishquartation

Latin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.

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APA

quartation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartation

MLA

“quartation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quartation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartation.

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