elucidation

American  

[ih-loo-si-dey-shuhn] / ɪˌlu sɪˈdeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of explaining or making something clear.

   Ideas may occur in abstract forms, but their elucidation happens only through language.

2. an explanation or clarification.

   Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for his elucidation of the photoelectric effect.

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Other Word Forms

• nonelucidation noun

Etymology

Origin of elucidation

First recorded in 1520–30; elucid(ate) ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )