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cupelation

cupelation is the alternative form of cupellation.

Meaning of cupellation

Noun

cupellation (countable and uncountable, plural cupellations)

  1. The act or an act of cupellating, the assaying of a precious metal in a cupel.

Origin of cupelation

From cupel + -ation.

Questions about cupelation

What is cupelation the alternative form of?
Cupelation is the alternative form of cupellation.

Words near cupelation in the dictionary

  1. CUPE
  2. cupedid
  3. cupedids
  4. cupel
  5. cupel-dust
  6. cupelation
  7. cupeled
  8. cupeling
  9. cupellate
  10. cupellated
  11. cupellates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cupelation (page history and authors); cupellation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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