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Definition: FULGURATION |
FULGURATIONNoun1. The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick. 2. The act of lightening. |
Date "FULGURATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Etymology: Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, noun. [Latin expression fulguratio: compare to the French expression fulguration.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Destroying tissue using an electric current. (references) |
Mining | A sudden glistening of molten gold or silver at the close of cupellation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FULGURATION |
| Non-English Usage: "FULGURATION" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (flash lightning, fulguration). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fulguration involves burning Hunner's ulcers with electricity or a laser. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fulguration | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FULGURATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | fulguratio (electrodesiccation), elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
Dutch | fulguratio (electrodesiccation), fulguratie (electrodesiccation), elektrodessicatie (electrodesiccation), elektrodesicatie (electrodesiccation), electrodessicatio (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
French | fulguration. (various references) | |
German | Fulguration (electrodesiccation), Elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation), Elektrodehydration (electrodesiccation), Blitzbehandlung (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
Greek | ηλεκτροπηξία (electrocoagulation, electro-coagulation, electrodesiccation), ηλεκτροαποξήρανση (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
Italian | elettroessicazione (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ulgurationfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fulguração (electrodesiccation), electrodessecação (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
Romanian | fulguraţie. (various references) | |
Spanish | fulguración (electrodesiccation), electrodesecación (electrodesiccation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FULGURATION": fulgurations. (additional references) | |
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"FULGURATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: buggeration, fulgration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "FULGURATION" (pronounced 'Ful"gu*ra`tion'): Ablution, Aftersensation, Capitalization, Captation, Captivation, Carburization, Cross-question, Dynamization, Frigefaction, Fructuation, fulmination, Funambulation, Galvanization, insinuation, Penetration, Reforestization, strangulation, Subalternation, sublimation, Underaction, Underfaction. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-l-n-o-r-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: fulgurant. | |
-3 letters: faulting, figurant, flatiron, floating, flouring, flouting, inflator, infrugal, trainful, trigonal, unartful. | |
-4 letters: antiflu, antifur, antilog, autoing, faitour, fatling, figural, flaring, floruit, fluorin, fluting, foaling, fouling, frontal, furling, furlong, futural, gainful, ingraft, languor, loafing, lofting, louring, louting, orating, outgain, outgrin, outlain, outrang, outring, outrung, rafting, rainout, rolfing, routing, touring, turfing, ungular. | |
-5 letters: agouti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-l-n-o-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: fulgurations. | |
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