tentation

American  

[ten-tey-shuhn] / tɛnˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.

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tentation British  

/ tɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. a method of achieving the correct adjustment of a mechanical device by a series of trials

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Etymology

Origin of tentation

1875–80; < Latin tentātiōn- (stem of tentātiō ) trial, variant of temptātiō. See temptation

Example Sentences

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tentation

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and hold fast every word of his patience, that you may be kept in this hour of tentation.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

Here, indeed, were the flesh-pots of Egypt—la tentation de Saint Antoine.

From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer

The thousand and one reflections of a sleepless night—the thousand and one alternations of hope, and doubt, and fear—the theoretic tentation of a hundred projects—all passed before my waking spirit.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid

The same kind of operative virtue is ascribed to the ceremony of confirmation or bishopping; for the English service book teacheth, that by it children receive strength against sin, and against tentation.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie