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e·lim·i·na·tion       [i-lim-uh-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of eliminating.
2.the state of being eliminated.
3.Mathematics. the process of solving a system of simultaneous equations by using various techniques to remove the variables successively.
4.Sports. a game, bout, or match in a tournament in which an individual or team is eliminated from the competition after one defeat.
[Origin: 1595–1605; eliminate + -ion]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
e·lim·i·nate       (ĭ-lĭm'ə-nāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates
  1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
    1. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.
    2. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
  3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
  4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).


[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]

e·lim'i·na'tion n., e·lim'i·na'tive, e·lim'i·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., e·lim'i·na'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.

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elimination

noun
1. the act of removing or getting rid of something 
2. the bodily process of discharging waste matter 
3. analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives 
4. the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations 
5. the murder of a competitor 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

elimination e·lim·i·na·tion (ĭ-lĭm'ə-nā'shən)
n.
The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Elimination

E*lim`i*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]limination.]

1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

2. (Alg.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

3. The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]

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