Elimination

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

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.

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

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

• Elimination, the rule of inference known as the disjunctive syllogism

• In mathematics

• Elimination, with steps of elimination over linear equalities, using the Gaussian elimination algorithm
• Elimination, for systems of linear inequalities, using the Fourier-Motzkin elimination algorithm

Games and competitions

• Elimination tournament, a knock-out style of tournament competition
• Elimination (arcade game), 1974 arcade game by Atari Inc. subsidiary Key Games
• Elimination, a variant of the "lifestyle-invading" game Assassin, played with clothes-pins

Music

• Elimination, a 1994 album by Jughead's Revenge
• "Elimination", a 1989 single from Overkill's album The Years of Decay

See also

• Eliminator (disambiguation)

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