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cupellation

/kjuːpəˈleɪʃən/

cupellation noun: the act or an act of cupellating, the assaying of a precious metal in a cupel.

Noun

cupellation (countable and uncountable, plural cupellations)

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

cupellation meaning in Tamil

cupellation in Tamil

காற்றுலைப் பிரித்தல், புடமிடுதல், புடமிடல்

Forms of cupellation

pluralcupellations

Origin of cupellation

From cupellate + -ion.

Questions about cupellation

What does cupellation mean?
Cupellation means the act or an act of cupellating, the assaying of a precious metal in a cupel.
What is cupellation in Tamil?
Cupellation in Tamil is காற்றுலைப் பிரித்தல், புடமிடுதல், புடமிடல். See Cupellation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cupellation?
Cupellation is a noun.
How do you pronounce cupellation?
Cupellation is pronounced /kjuːpəˈleɪʃən/.
What is the plural of cupellation?
The plural of cupellation is cupellations.

Words near cupellation in the dictionary

  1. cupeling
  2. cupellate
  3. cupellated
  4. cupellates
  5. cupellating
  6. cupellation
  7. cupellations
  8. cupelled
  9. cupeller
  10. cupellers
  11. cupelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cupellation (page history and authors); cupellation (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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