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clear⋅ance
[kleer-uh
ns] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of clearing. |
| 2. | the distance between two objects; an amount of clear space: The bridge allowed a clearance of 37 feet at mean high water. |
| 3. | a formal authorization permitting access to classified information, documents, etc. |
| 4. | Also called clearance sale. the disposal of merchandise at reduced prices to make room for new goods: He bought the coat for half price at a clearance. |
| 5. | a clear space; a clearing: The house stood in a clearance among the trees. |
| 6. | Banking. an exchange of checks and other commercial paper drawn on members of a clearinghouse, usually effected at a daily meeting of the members. |
| 7. | Machinery. a space between two moving parts, left to avoid clashing or to permit relatively free motion. |
| 8. | the angle between a face of a cutting tool, as a lathe tool, and the work. |
| 9. | Nautical.
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| 10. | Medicine/Medical. a test of the excretory function of the kidneys based on the volume of blood that is cleared of a specific substance per minute by renal excretion. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Clearance
Clear"ance\ (-ans), n. 1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance. 2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail. Every ship was subject to seizure for want of stamped clearances. --Durke 3. Clear or net profit. --Trollope. 4. (Mach.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages. Clearance space (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.
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Language Translation for : clearance
Spanish:
despeje,
German:
die Beseitigung,
Japanese:
取り片づけ
Main Entry: clear·ance
Pronunciation: 'klir-&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the volume of blood or plasma that could be freed of a specified constituentin a specified time (usually one minute) by excretion of the constituent into the urine through the kidneys called also renal clearance
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clearance clear·ance (klēr'əns)
n.
The removal of a substance from the blood, expressed as the volume of blood or plasma cleared of the substance per unit time.
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