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Aerostation
Aerostation A`["e]r*o*sta"tion, n.
That part of a["e]ronautics that deals with passive balloons.
Afforestation
Afforestation Af*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of converting into forest or woodland. --Blackstone.
Angustation
Angustation An`gus*ta"tion, n.
The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
--Wiseman.
Arrestation
Arrestation Ar`res*ta"tion, n. [F. arrestation, LL.
arrestatio.]
Arrest. [R.]
The arrestation of the English resident in France was
decreed by the National Convention. --H. M.
Williams.
Attestation
Attestation At`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. attestatio: cf. F.
attestation.]
The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or
official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a
fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of
witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a
name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.
Circumgestation
Circumgestation Cir`cum*ges*ta"tion, n. [L. circumgestare to
carry around; circum + gestare to carry.]
The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.]
Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. --Jer.
Taylor.
Contestation
Contestation Con`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. contestatio testimony:
cf. F. contestation a contesting.]
1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife;
dispute. ``Loverlike contestation.' --Milton.
After years spent in domestic, unsociable
contestations, she found means to withdraw.
--Clarendon.
2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]
A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God.
--Barrow.
Crustation
Crustation Crus*ta"tion (kr?s-t?"sh?n), n.
An adherent crust; an incrustation. --Pepys.
Dehonestation
Dehonestation De*hon`es*ta"tion, n. [L. dehonestatio.]
A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] --Gauden.
Disforestation
Disforestation Dis*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of clearing land of forests. --Daniel.
Encystation
Encystation En`cys*ta"tion, n.
Encystment.
Flabbergastation
Flabbergastation Flab`ber*gas*ta"tion, n.
The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] --London Punch.
GestationGestation Ges*ta"tion, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying,
fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to
bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to
delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on
horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his
own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison. Gustation
Gustation Gus*ta"tion, n. [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
The act of tasting. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Honestation
Honestation Hon`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] --W. Montagu.
ImpastationImpastation Im`pas*ta"tion, n. [F. See Impaste.]
The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a
paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different
substances by means of cements. IncrustationIncrustation In`crus*ta"tion, n. [L. incrustatio: cf. F.
incrustation. See Incrust.]
1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body,
as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the
inner surface of a steam boiler.
3. (Arch.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc.,
attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded. Interbastation
Interbastation In`ter*bas*ta"tion, n. [Pref. inter- + baste to
sew.]
Patchwork. [Obs.] --Dr. J. Smith.
MenostationMenostation Men`os*ta"tion, n. (Med.)
Same as Menostasis. Molestation
Molestation Mol`es*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. molestation.]
The act of molesting, or the state of being molested;
disturbance; annoyance.
Obtestation
Obtestation Ob`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. obtestatio.]
The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.]
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. --Evelyn.
Police stationPolice Po*lice", n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity,
Polity.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
borough.
2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
internal regulation of a state.
3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
in a camp or garrison.
5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a
board, commissioned to regulate and control the
appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise
jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.
Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police
court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of
the community, of which a police court may have final
jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a
section of them; the place where the police assemble for
orders, and to which they take arrested persons. Pregustation
Pregustation Pre`gus*ta"tion, n.
The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [R.] --Dr. Walker
(1678).
Prestation
Prestation Pres*ta"tion, n. [L. praestatio a performing,
paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law)
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a
service. --Burrill.
Prestation money Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons
and other dignitaries to their bishop. ProtestationProtestation Prot`es*ta"tion, n. [L. protestatio: cf. F.
protestation. See Protest.]
1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn
declaration, especially of dissent. `` The protestation of
our faith.' --Latimer.
2. (Law) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by
which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial
of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist,
and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or
denial. Reafforestation
Reafforestation Re`af*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act or process of converting again into a forest.
Reinstation
Reinstation Re`in*sta"tion (-st?"sh?n), n.
Reinstatement. [R.]
Station
Station Sta"tion, n.
In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the
buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings
belonging to such a run.
StationStation Sta"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stationed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Stationing.]
To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a
post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of
an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships
on the coasts of Africa.
He gained the brow of the hill, where the English
phalanx was stationed. --Lyttelton.
Meaning of Statio from wikipedia
- A
statio (Latin for "position" or "location") is the
place where, in the
Roman Rite, a
devotion to the
stations of the
Cross is celebrated. On specific...
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Statio Shiv
Shakti or Shiv
Shakti Point is the
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The...
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Tranquility Base (Latin:
Statio Tranquillitatis) is the site on the Moon where, in July 1969,
humans landed and
walked on a
celestial body
other than Earth...
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walking distance of
Surveyor 3,
which had been on the Moon
since 1967.
Named "
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intended target demonstrated NASA's...
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Sommerfeld (crater)
South Pole–Aitken
basin Statio Tianhe Stebbins (crater)
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Tianjin (crater)...
- An
ancient Roman statio (Latin for "position" or "location", pl. stationes) was a
stopping place on a
Roman road for
travellers looking for
shelter for...
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Apollo 14 (January 31 –
February 9, 1971) was the
eighth crewed mission in the
United States Apollo program, the
third to land on the Moon, and the first...
- The
Celilo Converter Station,
built in 1970 and
owned and
operated by the
Bonneville Power Administration, is the
northern terminus of the
Pacific DC Intertie...
- The
columns of the
statio annonae are now part of the
church of
Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome.
Another statio was
found near the
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urgent request.
statio bene fide
carinis A safe
harbour for
ships Motto of Cork City, Ireland.
Adapted from Virgil's
Aeneid (II, 23:
statio male fida carinis...
