Meaning of CLARIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | kl`erufik'eyshun
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- [n] the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- [n] an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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| | Synonyms: | | clearing, elucidation, illumination |
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| | See Also: | | disambiguation, improvement, interpretation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Clar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. clarification, L.
clarificatio glorification.]
1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by
freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
2. The act of freeing from obscurities.
The clarification of men's ideas. --Whewell.
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| | Related Terms: | | allegorization, bolting, colature, cracking, decipherment, decoding, demonstration, demythologization, destructive distillation, distillation, easing, editing, edulcoration, elucidation, elution, elutriation, emendation, enlightenment, essentialization, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, expediting, expedition, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, extraction, facilitation, filtering, filtration, hastening, illumination, illustration, leaching, light, lixiviation, percolation, purification, quickening, rationale, reason, refinement, riddling, screening, separation, sieving, sifting, simplification, simplifying, smoothing, solution, speeding, spiritualization, straining, streamlining, sublimation, unlocking, winnowing |
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