quartation
English
editEtymology
editLatin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.
Noun
editquartation (usually uncountable, plural quartations)
- (chemistry, archaic) 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.
Synonyms
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editquartation f (plural quartations)
Further reading
edit- “quartation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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