This is a simple tri-tip rub recipe straight from a barbeque in Santa Maria..
-ation. suffix forming nouns. 1. indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result Compare-ion, -tion: arbitration; cogitation; hibernation; moderation. [from Latin -ÄtiÅn-, suffix of abstract nouns, from -Ätus-ate 1 + -iÅn-ion].
Classified under: Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made). Hypernyms (anion is a kind of...): ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of anion): hydroxide ion; hydroxyl ion (the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom).