Tumultuation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    tumult; commotion. obsolete

    "[T]hat in the ſound obſervable in our Experiment, the contiguous air receives many ſtrokes from the particles of the Liquor, ſeems probable, by the ſudden and eager tumultuation of the parts of the Liquors: […]"

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"[T]hat in the ſound obſervable in our Experiment, the contiguous air receives many ſtrokes from the particles of the Liquor, ſeems probable, by the ſudden and eager tumultuation of the parts of the Liquors: […]"

Etymology

From Latin tumultuatio.

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