1. the process of grinding or crushing a substance into a fine powder
Usage: technical; chemistry; pharmacy
2. a finely ground powder produced by grinding or crushing
Usage: technical; chemistry; pharmacy

Examples

• The pharmacist prepared the medicine through careful trituration of the herbs.
• Trituration of the mineral samples was necessary before chemical analysis.
• The laboratory used a mortar and pestle for trituration of the crystals.
• The fine trituration was mixed with water to form a suspension.
• Proper trituration ensures uniform particle size in the final product.
• The trituration process took several hours to achieve the desired consistency.