Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Elimination

E-limˊi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
élimination
.]
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Elimination

ELIMINA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of expelling or throwing off; the act of discharging,or secreting by the pores.

Definition 2024


Elimination

Elimination

See also: elimination and élimination

German

Noun

Elimination f (genitive Elimination, plural Eliminationen)

  1. elimination

Synonyms

Related terms

elimination

elimination

See also: élimination and Elimination

English

Noun

elimination (countable and uncountable, plural eliminations)

  1. The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
  2. The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.
  3. (television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.
  4. (biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
  5. (mathematics) The 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.
  6. (logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.
  7. (accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.[1]

Related terms

Translations

References

  1. FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations)