quintation

See also: Quintation

English

Etymology

quintate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: kwĭntāʹshən, IPA^(key): /kwɪnˈteɪʃən/

Noun

quintation (countable and uncountable, plural quintations)

(rare) The removal of one fifth (of something).
- 1946, Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, The Story of American Furniture, page 161:
  Perhaps the quintation of slats came from the hands of the indentured Hollander.

Coordinate terms

(proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part): septimation (1/7), decimation (1/10), vicesimation (1/20), tricesimation (1/30), centesimation (1/100)

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