votation

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UK/vəʊˈteɪʃn̩/

noun

The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.

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Meanings

votation1

nounvotation (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrareusuallyThe act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.

    Nonetheless, the failure to resolve the problems created by the 9 February forced people, and cantons, to consider a new votation.

    2016, Clive H. Church, Political Change in Switzerland: From Stability to Uncertainty, page 153
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    Yet there is some reluctance to do this partly because coming to decisions, even the simple yes/no of a votation, can prove difficult.

    2003, C. Church, The Politics and Government of Switzerland, page 149

    The first votation would establish whether the Jurassian people did indeed wish to create their own canton, but given the internal division of the Jura people between separatists and loyalists, no district or commune would be forced to stay with the old canton or go with the new one against its own will.

    2010, W. Linder, Swiss Democracy: Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies, page 74

votation2

nounvotation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe processing of margarine by means of a votator.

    The required consistency of the spread is obtained by cooling in a scraped surface heat exchanger, a process called 'votation'.

    2012, Viggo Norn, Emulsifiers in Food Technology, page 85
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    However, it must be emphasized that close control of the processing temperature of the emulsion during votation, by maintaining a narrow operating range, is as important as specifying a narrow range for either an SFI or an SFC curve when defining the slope of the solids in the incoming oil.

    1990, David R. Erickson, Edible Fats and Oils Processing: Basic Principles and Modern Practices : World Conference Proceedings

    Basically, the solid fat profile, votation processing, and subsequent tempering of the product give the desired characteristics to the fat.

    2008, Y. H. Hui, Bakery Products: Science and Technology, page 25

Origin

From vote + -ation.

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Anagrams

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