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colluctation arch.|kɒlʌkˈteɪʃən|
[a. OF. colluctacion, -tion, ad. L. colluctātiōn-em, n. of action f. colluctāri to contend together, f. col- together + luctāri to wrestle, strive.]
A wrestling or struggling together; strife, conflict, opposition.
1611R. Bolton State of True Happiness (1631) 115 Struggling and colluctation with his owne corruptions. a1631Donne Serm. i. 6 Colluctations between the flesh and the Spirit. 1668Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 85 Any colluctation with contrary principles. 18..Lamb Charact. Dram. Writers, Marlowe 527 Faustus's last scene..is indeed an agony and a fearful colluctation.
b. transf. in Physics, of particles in motion.
1692Ray Dissol. World (1732) 259 The Colluctation of Parts after the manner of Fermentation. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iii. (1723) 161 Hot Springs, do not owe their Heat to any Colluctation or Effervescence of the Minerals in them. 1784G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. IV. xlix. 348 A vibratory colluctation takes place. |