docimasy

English

Alternative forms

• docimacy, docimasia, docimastics

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δοκιμασία (dokimasía, “examination”).

Noun

docimasy (usually uncountable, plural docimasies)

1. (dated) The art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined; assaying.

   Synonym: docimastics

2. (dated) The examination of poisons.

Related terms

• docimastic
• pulmonary docimasia

Translations

the art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined; assaying

• Hungarian: dokimázia, dokimaziológia