tentation

[ ten-tey-shuhn ]

noun

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

tentation

/ tɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tentation¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tentation¹

C14: from Latin tentātiō, variant of temptātiō temptation

Example Sentences

It shocks us out of our facile rhetoric, past the clichés of our obtuseness, back to the mystery of a stubbornly, utterly foreign sensibility, and I cannot think of another book since André Malraux’s melancholy artifice, “La Tentation de l’Occident,” that even starts to do this.

From New York Times

La Tentation de Bramafam is a fluffy eggplant-walnut dip with a clear connection to dishes like baba ghanouj.

From New York Times

I enjoy a drink at the waterfront Le Cafe du Village and a seafood dinner at La Tentation, both in the city centre.

From The Guardian

A detail from La Tentation de Saint Antoine, which France will return to its rightful owner.

From The Guardian

"Mine is the standard which has to be met, which is when the work makes me feel the way I do when I read La Tentation de Saint Antoine, or the Old Testament."

From The Guardian