trituration

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noun

The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder.

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Meanings

nountrituration (countable and uncountable, plural triturations)

plural triturations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder.

    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.

    1871, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Cockermouth and Keswick: A Fragment: Cockermouth”, in Essays of Travel, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1905, →OCLC, page 95
  2. countableuncountableSomething triturated, especially dental amalgam.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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