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tentation

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ten⋅ta⋅tion

[ten-tey-shuhn]
–noun
a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.

Origin:
1875–80; < L tentātiōn- (s. of tentātiō) trial, var. of temptātiō. See temptation
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