decantationn.

/diːkanˈteɪʃən/

Etymology: < medieval Latin dēcanthātio, in French décantation , noun of action < decant v.¹

The action of decanting; esp. of pouring off a liquid clear from a precipitate or deposit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > clarifying liquids > [noun] > decanting

decantation1651

1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 9 Decantation, is the pouring off of any liquor which hath a setling, by inclination.

1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 196 This [sedimen] to be severed from the other juyce by decantation, and dried.

1758 Elaboratory 377 The earth..will..form a sediment, that makes a decantation necessary.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. ii. 281 Inviting sounds of scraping plate and decantation.

1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 23 Decantation, is allowing the precipitate to fall by its own weight to the bottom of the liquid, and then pouring the latter off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	decantation
释义	decantationn. /diːkanˈteɪʃən/ Etymology: < medieval Latin dēcanthātio, in French décantation , noun of action < decant v.¹ The action of decanting; esp. of pouring off a liquid clear from a precipitate or deposit. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > clarifying liquids > [noun] > decanting decantation1651 1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 9 Decantation, is the pouring off of any liquor which hath a setling, by inclination. 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 196 This [sedimen] to be severed from the other juyce by decantation, and dried. 1758 Elaboratory 377 The earth..will..form a sediment, that makes a decantation necessary. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. ii. 281 Inviting sounds of scraping plate and decantation. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 23 Decantation, is allowing the precipitate to fall by its own weight to the bottom of the liquid, and then pouring the latter off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1651
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