racemation

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racemation

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From Latin racematio (“a gleaning”), from racemari (“to glean”), racemus (“a cluster of grapes”). See raceme.

noun racemations

uncountable, usually A cluster or bunch, as of grapes. Also used figuratively. Since also a Cock will in one day fertilitate the whole racemation or cluster of egges, which are not excluded in many weeks after.
uncountable, usually The cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
archaic, uncountable, usually The formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer; racemization. racemation of amino acids

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@misc{racemation_2026,
  title = {racemation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/racemation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}