CUPELLATION


Meaning of CUPELLATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkyü-pə-ˈlā-shən, -ˌpe- ]

noun

Date: circa 1691

: refinement (as of gold or silver) in a cupel by exposure to high temperature in a blast of air by which the unwanted metals are oxidized

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.