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单词 tentation
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tentation

[ ten-tey-shuhn ]
/ tɛnˈteɪ ʃən /
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noun

a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.

Origin of tentation

1875–80; <Latin tentātiōn- (stem of tentātiō) trial, variant of temptātiō.See temptation

Words nearby tentation

ten-strike, tent, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation, tentative, tentatively, tent bed, tent caterpillar, tent circus
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Example sentences from the Web for tentation

  • The furnace tryeth the Potters vessell, and tentation of tribulation, trieth good men.

    A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt)|Blaise de Vigenre
  • La Tentation proved a source of labor, for he never ceased revising it until it appeared in book form in 1874.

    Madame Bovary|Gustave Flaubert

British Dictionary definitions for tentation

tentation
/ (tɛnˈteɪʃən) /

noun

a method of achieving the correct adjustment of a mechanical device by a series of trials

Word Origin for tentation

C14: from Latin tentātiō, variant of temptātiō temptation
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