quintation

See also: Quintation

English

Etymology

quintate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quintation

(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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