| 单词 | sequestration |
| 释义 | sequestration /see'kwes tray"sheuhn, si kwes-/, n. 1. removal or separation; banishment or exile. 2. a withdrawal into seclusion; retirement. 3. Law. a. the sequestering of property. b. confiscation or seizure. 4. Chem. the combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts. [1350-1400; ME < LL sequestration- (s. of sequestratio), equiv. to sequestrat(us) (ptp. of sequestrare to SEQUESTER) + -ion- -ION] |
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