quintation

English

Etymology

quintate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (RP, UK) enPR: kwĭntāʹshən, IPA: /kwɪnˈteɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /kwIn"teIS@n/

Noun

quintation

1. (rare) The removal of one fifth (of something).
   • 1946, Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, The Story of American Furniture, page 161

     Perhaps the quintation of slats came from the hands of the indentured Hollander.

Coordinate terms

• (proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part): septimation (⅐), decimation (⅒), vicesimation (¹⁄₂₀), tricesimation (¹⁄₃₀), centesimation (¹⁄₁₀₀)