subtilization

English

Etymology

Compare French subtilization.

Noun

subtilization (countable and uncountable, plural subtilizations)

1. The act of making subtle.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapour.
3. refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subtilization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)