collation
n.
small or light meal; comparison or criticism (of literary works)
Collation
collation (f)
n.
collation; small or light meal; comparison or criticism (of literary works)
Collation
(v. t.)
The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.
(v. t.)
The report of the act made by the proper officers.
(v. t.)
The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.
(v. t.)
The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
(v. t.)
The act of conferring or bestowing.
(v. t.)
The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.
(v. t.)
The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.
(v. t.)
A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.
(v. t.)
A conference.
(v. t.)
A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
(v. i.)
To partake of a collation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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collation
In intelligence usage, a step in the processing phase of the intelligence cycle in which the grouping together of related items of information provides a record of events and facilitates further processing. See also intelligence cycle. 1/2/88
regroupement
En matière de renseignement, étape de la phase d'exploitation du cycle du renseignement au cours de laquelle le rassemblement des renseignements bruts de même nature permet d'établir une chronologie d'événements et facilite l'exploitation ultérieure. Voir aussi cycle du renseignement. 1/2/88