| ACCULTURATION | • acculturation n. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one. • acculturation n. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth. • ACCULTURATION n. the assimilation, through continuous contact, of features (such as customs, beliefs, etc.) of another culture. |
| CONFIGURATION | • configuration n. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing’s shape; figure; form factor. • configuration n. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions… • configuration n. The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result. |
| DECARBURATION | • DECARBURATION n. the act of decarburizing. |
| DENATURATIONS | • denaturations n. Plural of denaturation. • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DESATURATIONS | • desaturations n. Plural of desaturation. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| DESULFURATION | • desulfuration n. Desulfurization. • DESULFURATION n. the act of removing sulphur from. |
| DISFIGURATION | • disfiguration n. The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured. • DISFIGURATION n. the act of disfiguring. |
| EFFIGURATIONS | • EFFIGURATION n. an elaborate, detailed description of an object or an event. |
| ENCULTURATION | • enculturation n. The process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which they are immersed. • ENCULTURATION n. the process by which an individual learns the traditional content of a culture and assimilates its practices and values. |
| INAUGURATIONS | • inaugurations n. Plural of inauguration. • INAUGURATION n. an act of inaugurating. |
| INSTAURATIONS | • instaurations n. Plural of instauration. • INSTAURATION n. renewal; renovation. |
| MENSURATIONAL | • mensurational adj. Concerned with measuring. • MENSURATIONAL adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIVE. |
| PREFIGURATION | • prefiguration n. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. • prefiguration n. Something that prefigures. • PREFIGURATION n. the act of prefiguring. |
| PUNCTURATIONS | • puncturations n. Plural of puncturation. • PUNCTURATION n. being marked with punctures. |
| RENATURATIONS | • renaturations n. Plural of renaturation. • RENATURATION n. the act of renaturing. |
| RESTAURATIONS | • RESTAURATION n. the business, skill or art of a restaurateur. |
| STRUCTURATION | • structuration n. (Sociology) A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies… • STRUCTURATION n. the interrelation of parts in an organized whole. |
| SUBSATURATION | • subsaturation n. The condition of being subsaturated. • SUBSATURATION n. a state of incomplete saturation. |
| SULPHURATIONS | • sulphurations n. Plural of sulphuration. • SULPHURATION n. the act of sulphurating, also SULFURATION. |
| UNSATURATIONS | • unsaturations n. Plural of unsaturation. • UNSATURATION n. absence of saturation. |