PROVECTION
\pɹˈuːvkʃən], \pɹˈuːvkʃən], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_v_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.
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By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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pr[=o]-vek'shun, n. the transfer of the final consonant from a word to the beginning of the next.--n. PR[=O]VEC'TOR (math.), a contravariant operator formed by substituting signs of partial differentiation for the facients of a quantic. [L. proveh[)e]re, provectum, to carry forward.]
By Thomas Davidson
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