Usually means: Refining metals by melting impurities.
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  1. cupellation: Merriam-Webster
  2. cupellation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cupellation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cupellation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. cupellation: Wiktionary
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  8. Cupellation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Cupellation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. cupellation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Cupellation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. cupellation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cupellation)

▸ noun:  The act or an act of cupellating, the assaying of a precious metal in a cupel.

Similar:
cupelation, copellation, copel, Coppel, cupping, cupbearing, copple dust, cupper, coppering, cupster, more...

Opposite:
reduction, oxidation, smelting

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Similar:
cupelation, copellation, copel, Coppel, cupping, cupbearing, copple dust, cupper, coppering, cupster, more...

Opposite:
reduction, oxidation, smelting



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