“docimasy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

docimasy

释义

docimasy|ˈdɒsɪməsɪ|
[mod. ad. Gr. δοκιµασία examination, scrutiny, n. of action f. δοκιµάζειν to examine: cf. mod.L. docimasia, F. docimasie.]
1. Gr. Antiq. A judicial inquiry (esp. at Athens) into the character and antecedents of aspirants for public office or citizenship.
2. The art or practice of assaying metallic ores, i.e. of separating the metallic substance from foreign admixture, and determining the nature and quantity of constituent metal.
[1801Chenevix in Phil. Trans. XCI. 197 note, Carbone can be of no consequence..in humid docimasia.]1802Paris as it was II. lxix. 381 To naturalize in France mineralogy, docimacy, and metallurgy.1878tr. Lacroix's Sc. & Lit. Mid. Ages 178 The applications of chemistry to..docimacy.
3. The art of ascertaining the properties and purity of drugs; also of determining by physiological tests whether a child has been born alive or not.
1847in Craig.

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