jactation
jactation noun: a tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
Noun
jactation (countable and uncountable, plural jactations)
- A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
- The action of throwing.
- The projicient hath the stone in his hand, and with force and violence throws his arm, with which jactation the stone doth not move so much as the circumambient Air.1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
- Boasting; bragging; showing off.
jactation meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
jactation in Tamil
- தற்பெருமை, தற்புகழ்ச்சி, பீற்றல், அமைதியின்றி உடலை அசைத்தல், கலக்கம், கிளர்ச்சி
jactation in Urdu
- jactation, jactitation
- اضطراب شدید izterāb e šadid
jactation in Bengali
- শরীরের অস্থির নড়াচড়া, ঝাঁকুনি
Forms of jactation
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Words that rhyme with jactation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about jactation
- What does jactation mean?
- Jactation means a tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
- What is jactation in Tamil?
- Jactation in Tamil is தற்பெருமை, தற்புகழ்ச்சி, பீற்றல். See Jactation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jactation?
- Jactation is a noun.
- What is the plural of jactation?
- The plural of jactation is jactations.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jactation (page history and authors); jactation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اضطراب شدید (Urdu) (page history and authors); jactation (Bengali 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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