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Elimination

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: elimination
(ə′lim·ə′nā·shən)

(mathematics) A process of deriving from a system of equations a new system with fewer variables, but with precisely the same solutions.


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noun

  1. The act or process of eliminating: clearance, eradication, liquidation, purge, removal, riddance. See keep/release.
  2. The act of getting rid of something useless or used up: disposal, dumping, jettison, riddance. See keep/release.
  3. The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances: evacuation, excretion, purgation. Medicine catharsis. See keep/release.

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

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The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: the act of removing or getting rid of something
  Synonym: riddance

Meaning #2: the bodily process of discharging waste matter
  Synonyms: evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding

Meaning #3: analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives
  Synonym: reasoning by elimination

Meaning #4: the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations

Meaning #5: the murder of a competitor
  Synonym: liquidation


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Elimination may refer to:

Science and medicine
  • In chemistry
  • Elimination reaction, an organic reaction in which two functional groups split to form an organic product
  • In pharmacology
  • Elimination, clearance of a drug or other foreign agent from the body
  • In epidemiology
  • Elimination, the destruction of an infectious disease in one region of the world as opposed to its eradication from the entire world
Logic and mathematics
  • In logic
  • In mathematics
Games and competitions
Music

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