elimination
- the act of eliminating.
- the state of being eliminated.
- Mathematics. the process of solving a system of simultaneous equations by using various techniques to remove the variables successively.
- Sports. a game, bout, or match in a tournament in which an individual or team is eliminated from the competition after one defeat.
Origin of elimination
Related Words for elimination
expulsion, withdrawal, rejection, eradication, destruction, cut, exclusion, ejection, displacement, extermination, omission, discard, riddance, droppingExamples from the Web for elimination
Contemporary Examples of elimination
Part of that was due to the elimination of the Mysterious Man.
The only thing missing from this bill of particulars was elimination of the bourgeoisie.
First, it turned its hand to the elimination of organized resistance within Germany itself.
There is sentiment against corporate welfare, and this is a ‘doable’ target [for elimination].
Early definitions of rape seem to have been a lot about process of elimination.
Historical Examples of elimination
Science has done wonders toward the elimination of such fears.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
You can devote yourself to the elimination of ugliness, to the increase of beauty.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
These decreases have come out of the elimination of speculation and profiteering.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
By such process of elimination he arrived at the final question: was it she?
The Heart of Thunder MountainEdfrid A. Bingham
Elimination, of dangers of surface pollution, 140;of mosquitoes, 381.
Rural HygieneHenry N. Ogden
elimination
- the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated
- 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
- chem a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide
Word Origin and History for elimination
c.1600, "a casting out," noun of action from eliminate. Meaning "expulsion of waste matter" is from 1855.
elimination
(ĭ-lĭm′ə-nā′shən)- The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.