votation
/vəʊˈteɪʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.
Example Sentences
- "Yet there is some reluctance to do this partly because coming to decisions, even the simple yes/no of a votation, can prove difficult."
- "The first votation would establish whether the Jurassian people did indeed wish to create their own canton, but given the internal division of the Jura people between separatists and loyalists, no district or commune would be forced to stay with the old canton or go with the new one against its own will."
- "Nonetheless, the failure to resolve the problems created by the 9 February forced people, and cantons, to consider a new votation."
- "However, it must be emphasized that close control of the processing temperature of the emulsion during votation, by maintaining a narrow operating range, is as important as specifying a narrow range for either an SFI or an SFC curve when defining the slope of the solids in the incoming oil."
- "Basically, the solid fat profile, votation processing, and subsequent tempering of the product give the desired characteristics to the fat."
- "The required consistency of the spread is obtained by cooling in a scraped surface heat exchanger, a process called 'votation'."
Etymology
From vote + -ation.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /vəʊˈteɪʃn̩/