Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FULGURATION
n.[L. fulguratio, from fulgur, lightning. ] Lightning; the act of lightening. [Little used or not at all. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FULGURATION
Ful "gu *ra `tion, n. Etym: [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration. ]
1. The act of lightening. [R.] Donne.
2. (Assaying )
Defn: 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. A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. Ure.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fulguration
ful gu ra tion |ˌfo͝olg (y )əˈrāSHən ˌfʊlg (j )əˈreɪʃən | ▶noun 1 Medicine the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy. 2 literary a flash like that of lightning. DERIVATIVES ful gu rant adjective (fulguration ( sense 2 )). , ful gu rate verb (fulguration ( sense 2 )). , ful gu rous adjective (fulguration ( sense 2 )). ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (usually plural in the sense ‘flashes of lightning ’): from Latin fulguratio (n- ) ‘sheet lightning, ’ from fulgur ‘lightning. ’ Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
fulguration
fulguration |ˌfʌlgjʊˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] Medicine the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy. 2 literary a flash like that of lightning. DERIVATIVES fulgurate verb fulguration ( sense 2 ) ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (usually plural in the sense ‘flashes of lightning ’): from Latin fulguratio (n- )‘sheet lightning ’, from fulgur ‘lightning ’. Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent.
Duden Dictionary
Fulguration
Ful gu ra ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Fulgurati o n |die Fulguration; Genitiv: der Fulguration, Plural: die Fulgurationen lateinisch Anwendung von Hochfrequenzströmen zur Gewebsdurchtrennung
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