ALL meanings of incantation
in·can·ta·tion
I i - noun incantation the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power. 1
- noun incantation the formula employed; a spell or charm. 1
- noun incantation magical ceremonies. 1
- noun incantation magic; sorcery. 1
- noun incantation repetitious wordiness used to conceal a lack of content; obfuscation: Her prose too often resorts to incantation. 1
- noun incantation A series of words said as a magic spell or charm. 1
- noun incantation sth chanted, mantra 1
- noun Definition of incantation in Technology Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a wizard. "This compiler normally locates initialised data in the data segment, but if you mutter the right incantation they will be forced into text space." 1
- countable noun incantation An incantation is a series of words that a person says or sings as a magic spell. 0
- noun incantation ritual recitation of magic words or sounds 0
- noun incantation the formulaic words or sounds used; a magic spell 0
- noun incantation the chanting of words or formulas that are believed to cast a spell or perform other magic 0
- noun incantation words or a formula so chanted 0