elimination

[ ih-lim-uh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

elijah muhammad, elijah's chair, elijah's cup, elikón, eliminate, elimination, elimination diet, eliminator, elinor, elint, elinvar

Origin of elimination

First recorded in 1595–1605; eliminate + -ion

Related forms

non·e·lim·i·na·tion, nounpre·e·lim·i·na·tion, nounpro·e·lim·i·na·tion, adjective

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Examples from the Web for elimination

Part of that was due to the elimination of the Mysterious Man.
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The only thing missing from this bill of particulars was elimination of the bourgeoisie.
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First, it turned its hand to the elimination of organized resistance within Germany itself.
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There is sentiment against corporate welfare, and this is a ‘doable’ target [for elimination].
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Early definitions of rape seem to have been a lot about process of elimination.
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May not the elimination of anger and worry take away some of the stimulation to effort that is necessary to human progress?
Menticulture|Horace Fletcher
Tembarom, having "caught on" to his fault of style, applied himself with vigor to elimination.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett
A process of elimination left Ewing as the likely person to give this help.
Christopher Quarles|Percy James Brebner
Civil law enforced the ecclesiastical opposition and thus gradually secured the elimination of the evil.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church|Alexander Clarence Flick
It is a name for a process of elimination which is constantly going on in animate nature all about us.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for elimination

elimination

/ (ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən) /

noun

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

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Medicine definitions for elimination

elimination

[ ĭ-lĭm′ə-nā′shən ]

n.

The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.