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refinement

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re⋅fine⋅ment

  [ri-fahyn-muhnt]
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–noun
1. fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
2. an instance of refined feeling, manners, etc.
3. the act or process of refining.
4. the quality or state of being refined.
5. a subtle point or distinction.
6. subtle reasoning.
7. an improved, higher, or extreme form of something: a refinement of the old system.
8. Mathematics. a set whose elements include the elements of a given set.
Origin:
1605–15; refine + -ment
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re·fine·ment   (rĭ-fīn'mənt)   
n.  

  1. The act of refining.

  2. The result of refining; an improvement or elaboration.

  3. The state or quality of being refined; cultivation, as in manners or taste.

  4. A keen or precise phrasing; a subtle distinction.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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