levigation


Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia.

lev·i·gate

 (lĕv′ĭ-gāt′)
tr.v. lev·i·gat·ed, lev·i·gat·ing, lev·i·gates
1.
a. To make into a smooth, fine powder or paste, as by grinding when moist.
b. To separate fine particles from coarse by grinding in water.
2. To suspend in a liquid.
3. To make smooth; polish.
adj. (-gāt′, -gĭt)
Smooth.
[Latin lēvigāre, lēvigāt- : lēvis, smooth; see lei- in Indo-European roots + agere, to make, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
lev′i·ga′tion n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

levigation

1. the process of grinding to a fine powder.
2. the process of mixing thoroughly or grinding to a smooth paste. — levigate, adj.
See also: Processes
-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Clay and ash will remain in suspension, so refined glazes could easily be prepared through levigation (washing, allowing the more solid elements to settle, and drawing off the fine material held in suspension).
Musings: from the Garden of Greens and Blues
Clobazam was added to the aqueous polymeric solution after levigation with required volume of PEG 400.
Design optimization and in vitro-in vivo evaluation of orally dissolving strips of clobazam

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?