quartation

== English == === Etymology === Latin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth. === Noun === quartation (usually uncountable, plural quartations) (chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold. ==== Synonyms ==== inquartation == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === quartation f (plural quartations) quartation === Further reading === “quartation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012