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cantonization

[kan-tn-ahyz, -tuh-nahyz, kan-ton-ahyz]

can·ton·ize

[kan-tn-ahyz, -tuh-nahyz, kan-ton-ahyz]
verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
canton (def. 7).
Also, especially British, can·ton·ise.


Origin:
1595–1605; canton + -ize

can·ton·i·za·tion, noun
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Cantonization is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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