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tumultuation

tumultuation noun: tumult; commotion.

Noun

tumultuation (plural tumultuations)

  1. (obsolete) tumult; commotion.
    • [T]hat in the ſound obſervable in our Experiment, the contiguous air receives many ſtrokes from the particles of the Liquor, ſeems probable, by the ſudden and eager tumultuation of the parts of the Liquors: […]1661, Robert Boyle, “[Some Specimens of an Attempt to Make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy.] A Physico-chymical Essay, Containing an Experiment...

Forms of tumultuation

pluraltumultuations

Origin of tumultuation

From Latin tumultuatio.

Questions about tumultuation

What does tumultuation mean?
Tumultuation means tumult; commotion.
What part of speech is tumultuation?
Tumultuation is a noun.
What is the plural of tumultuation?
The plural of tumultuation is tumultuations.

Words near tumultuation in the dictionary

  1. tumultuary
  2. tumultuate
  3. tumultuated
  4. tumultuates
  5. tumultuating
  6. tumultuation
  7. tumultuations
  8. tumultuos
  9. tumultuous
  10. tumultuously
  11. tumultuousness

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