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transvasation

transvasation noun: the act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.

Noun

transvasation (countable and uncountable, plural transvasations)

  1. (obsolete) The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.
    • This transvasation ought so long to be continued out of one vessell into another, untill such time as it have done casting any residence downward.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXIV.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...

Forms of transvasation

pluraltransvasations

Origin of transvasation

From trans- + Latin vas, vasis (“vessel”).

Questions about transvasation

What does transvasation mean?
Transvasation means the act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.
What part of speech is transvasation?
Transvasation is a noun.
What is the plural of transvasation?
The plural of transvasation is transvasations.

Words near transvasation in the dictionary

  1. transvalvular
  2. transvasate
  3. transvasated
  4. transvasates
  5. transvasating
  6. transvasation
  7. transvasations
  8. transvascular
  9. transvascularly
  10. transvect
  11. transvectant

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