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tinction

tinction noun: a stain; a preparation for staining.

Noun

tinction (plural tinctions)

  1. A stain; a preparation for staining.
    • […] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used.1888, Frank Seaver Billings, Swine plague, page 108

tinction meaning in Tamil

tinction in Tamil

ஆய்வு நிறம் ஏற்றல், திசுநிறம் ஏற்றல், நிறம்ஏற்றம்

Forms of tinction

pluraltinctions

Origin of tinction

Borrowed from Latin tinctiō (“a soaking, dipping”).

Questions about tinction

What does tinction mean?
Tinction means a stain; a preparation for staining.
What is tinction in Tamil?
Tinction in Tamil is ஆய்வு நிறம் ஏற்றல், திசுநிறம் ஏற்றல், நிறம்ஏற்றம். See Tinction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tinction?
Tinction is a noun.
What is the plural of tinction?
The plural of tinction is tinctions.

Words near tinction in the dictionary

  1. tinclads
  2. tincs
  3. tinct
  4. tincted
  5. tincting
  6. tinction
  7. tinctions
  8. tinctorial
  9. tinctorially
  10. tinctorious
  11. tincts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tinction (page history and authors); tinction (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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