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- DictionaryE·lu·ci·da·tion/əˌlo͞osəˈdāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. explanation that makes something clear; clarification: "work that led to the elucidation of the structure of proteins"
noun. Something that serves to explain or clarify: clarification, construction, decipherment, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, illumination, illustration, interpretation. Archaic: enucleation. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
the act of explaining or making something clear: Ideas may occur in abstract forms, but their elucidation happens only through language. an explanation or clarification: Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for his elucidation of the photoelectric effect.
Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the noun elucidation mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun elucidation. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English e‧lu‧ci‧date /ɪˈluːsədeɪt/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] formal to explain something that is difficult to understand by providing more information SYN clarify The full picture has not yet been elucidated. —elucidation /ɪˌluːsəˈdeɪʃən/ noun [ countable, uncountable] —elucidatory /ɪˈluːsədətəri $ ...
v.t. to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior. v.i. to provide clarification; explain. Late Latin ēlūcidātus (past participle of ēlūcidāre) enlightened, equivalent. to ē- e - + lūcid ( us) lucid + -ātus - ate1. 1560–70. e•lu′ci•da′tion, n. e•lu′ci•da′tive, adj. e•lu′ci•da′tor, n.
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noun The act of elucidating or of throwing light upon any obscure subject. noun That which explains or throws light; explanation; illustration: as, one example may serve for an elucidation of the subject. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
