consumation
nounEtymology From consum(e) + -ation.
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Rare Consumption; the act of consuming or depleting something.
- Nitrate of soda is itself an important ingredient of fertilizer, and any decrease in the consumation of nitrate for making acid should react in favor of a decreased demand, and so of a lower price, for nitrate of soda.1919 December 12, Charles L[athrop] Parsons, “The American Chemical Society, V”, in Science, volume L, number 1302, Lancaster, P.A.; Garrison, N.Y.; New York, N.Y.: The Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 547: