Word: quartation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: quar
ta
tion
Definition: The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
Morphemes:
Affix: quartation
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: quartus
Language: la
Decoded: quartus
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: fourth, the ordinal number after tertius and before quintus