имя существительное 1) колдовство, волшебство; чары Синоним(ы): sorcery, witchcraft, magic 2) заклинание, магическая формула Например: to chant / utter an incantation — произносить заклинание Синоним(ы): spell, charm
noun Etymology: Middle English incantacioun, from Middle French incantation, from Late Latin incantation-, incantatio, from Latin incantare to enchant — more at enchant a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic; also a written or recited formula of words designed to produce a particular effect • incantational adjective • incantatory adjective
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."