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elutriation|ɪˌl(j)uːtrɪˈeɪʃən| [f. L. ēlutriāt-: see prec. and -ation.] The action of elutriating.
1661Origen's Opin. in Phœnix (1721) I. 44 Matter—which after all its..Elutriations..in the Body, is not purged from the coarse Tincture it had from its Earthly Original. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 107, I repeted this elutriation or washing..till I found the water was no longer affected. 1770–4A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1803) I. 231 Twenty grains..gave, by elutriation, five grains of sand. 1876Harley Mat. Med. 17 The simple process of elutriation. |