quartation

English

Etymology

Latin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.

Noun

quartation (usually uncountable, plural quartations)

1. (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

• inquartation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

quartation f (plural quartations)

1. quartation

Further reading

• “quartation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.