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principiation

principiation noun: analysis into primary or elemental parts.

Noun

principiation (countable and uncountable, plural principiations)

  1. (archaic) analysis into primary or elemental parts
    • the separating of any metal into his original , or materia prima , or element , or call them what you will ; which work we will call principiationa. 1626, Francis Bacon, Questions Touching Minerals

Forms of principiation

pluralprincipiations

Questions about principiation

What does principiation mean?
Principiation means analysis into primary or elemental parts.
What part of speech is principiation?
Principiation is a noun.
What is the plural of principiation?
The plural of principiation is principiations.

Words near principiation in the dictionary

  1. principiant
  2. principiate
  3. principiated
  4. principiates
  5. principiating
  6. principiation
  7. principiations
  8. principicide
  9. principium
  10. principium individuationis
  11. principle

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