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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

fulguratio

: cf. F.

fulguration

The act of lightening.

[R.]

Donne.

(Assaying)

The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; – also called

blick

A phenomenon called, by the old chemists,

fulguration

Ure.

Noun.

[L. fulguratio, from fulgur, lightning.]

Lightning; the act of lightening. [Little used or not at all.]

fulguration ‎(plural fulgurations)

The quality of flashing like lightning.
(medicine) Cauterization with electricity; electrocautery.
(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface.