Trituration
/ˌtrɪtʃəˈreɪʃən/noun
The act of grinding, rubbing, or pulverizing something into fine particles.
Did you know?In early chemistry and pharmacy, trituration was a real laboratory technique for grinding substances together so thoroughly that the mixture was believed to change in potency and purity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ter-
“to rub, wear down, or bore through”
Latin
Latin
terere
“to rub, wear away, grind”
Latin
Latin
triturare
“to thresh grain; to grind or crush repeatedly”
Middle French
French
trituration
“grinding or pulverizing”
Late 15th Century
English
trituration
“the act of grinding or rubbing into powder”
Modern English
English
trituration
“the process of grinding or pulverizing a substance into fine particles”