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elimination

[ih-lim-uh-ney-shuh n]
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noun
  1. the act of eliminating.
  2. the state of being eliminated.
  3. Mathematics. the process of solving a system of simultaneous equations by using various techniques to remove the variables successively.
  4. Sports. a game, bout, or match in a tournament in which an individual or team is eliminated from the competition after one defeat.
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Origin of elimination

First recorded in 1595–1605; eliminate + -ion
Related formsnon·e·lim·i·na·tion, nounpre·e·lim·i·na·tion, nounpro·e·lim·i·na·tion, adjective
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  • Science has done wonders toward the elimination of such fears.

  • You can devote yourself to the elimination of ugliness, to the increase of beauty.

  • These decreases have come out of the elimination of speculation and profiteering.

    Herbert Hoover

    Vernon Kellogg

  • By such process of elimination he arrived at the final question: was it she?

  • Elimination, of dangers of surface pollution, 140;of mosquitoes, 381.

    Rural Hygiene

    Henry N. Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for elimination

elimination

noun
  1. the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated
  2. logic (qualified by the name of an operation) a syntactic rule specifying the conditions under which a formula or statement containing the specified operation may permit the derivation of others that do not contain itconjunction-elimination; universal elimination
  3. chem a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide
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Word Origin and History for elimination

n.

c.1600, "a casting out," noun of action from eliminate. Meaning "expulsion of waste matter" is from 1855.

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elimination in Medicine

elimination

(ĭ-lĭm′ə-nā′shən)
n.
  1. The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.
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