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

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 Gillespie, George

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

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma