"quintation" meaning in English

See quintation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kwɪnˈteɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, UK] Forms: quintations [plural]
enPR: kwĭntāʹshən [Received-Pronunciation, UK] Etymology: From quintate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quintate|ion}} quintate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quintation (countable and uncountable, plural quintations)
  1. (rare) The removal of one fifth (of something). Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Five Coordinate_terms (proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part): septimation (1, 7), decimation (1, 10), vicesimation (1, 20), tricesimation (1, 30), centesimation (1, 100)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part",
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        {
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        "(rare) The removal of one fifth (of something)."
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      "sense": "proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part",
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      "sense": "proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part",
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      "sense": "proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part",
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