transvasation

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noun

The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.

OriginLatin vas →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nountransvasation (countable and uncountable, plural transvasations)

plural transvasations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.

    This transvasation ought so long to be continued out of one vessell into another, untill such time as it have done casting any residence downward.

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXIV.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinvas
  2. Englishtransvasation

From trans- + Latin vas, vasis (“vessel”).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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