"distinguition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: distinguitions [plural]
Etymology: From distinguish. Head templates: {{en-noun}} distinguition (plural distinguitions)
  1. (very rare, nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) The act of distinguishing; the state or quality of being distinguished; distinguishment, distinction. Tags: nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-distinguition-en-noun-JRB5I7fF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Non-native speakers' English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for distinguition meaning in English (2.3kB)

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          "ref": "2016, Ernst Obermeier, Transducers ’01 Eurosensors XV: The 11th International Conference on Solid, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 401",
          "text": "Both D- and L-tryptophan are so similar that distinguition of one of the isomers from the other is impossible.",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 2008, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Congenital Malformation of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Otolaryngology Online, page 13",
          "text": "It is this feature that helps in the distinguition between glioma and encephalocele. Management: Successful management of glioma is only by surgical removal of the mass in full.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Angela Jackson, For Us It Was Heaven: The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton - From the Spanish Civil War to Mao's China, Sussex Academic Press, page 95",
          "text": "Deliberations over the rights and wrongs of sentimentality continue, Robert is still having difficulty with vocabulary in this regard; 'Sensitive', 'sensible' and 'sentimental' – damn these 3 things, I'll never find the real distinguition out of them.",
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          "ref": "c. 2008, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Congenital Malformation of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Otolaryngology Online, page 13",
          "text": "It is this feature that helps in the distinguition between glioma and encephalocele. Management: Successful management of glioma is only by surgical removal of the mass in full.",
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          "text": "Deliberations over the rights and wrongs of sentimentality continue, Robert is still having difficulty with vocabulary in this regard; 'Sensitive', 'sensible' and 'sentimental' – damn these 3 things, I'll never find the real distinguition out of them.",
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