quintation

See also: Quintation

English

Etymology

quintate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quintation (countable and uncountable, plural quintations)

1. (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)