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单词 docimasy
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docimasyn.

/ˈdɒsɪməsi/
Etymology: modern < Greek δοκιμασία examination, scrutiny, noun of action < δοκιμάζειν to examine: compare modern Latin docimasia, French docimasie.
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1. Ancient Greek History. A judicial inquiry (esp. at Athens) into the character and antecedents of aspirants for public office or citizenship.
2. The art or practice of assaying metallic ores, i.e. of separating the metallic substance from foreign admixture, and determining the nature and quantity of constituent metal.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > testing
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1801 R. Chenevix in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 197 (note) Carbone can be of no consequence..in humid docimasia.]
1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. lxix. 381 To naturalize in France mineralogy, docimacy, and metallurgy.
1878 tr. Lacroix's Sc. & Lit. Mid. Ages 178 The applications of chemistry to..docimacy.
3. The art of ascertaining the properties and purity of drugs; also of determining by physiological tests whether a child has been born alive or not.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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