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Pronunciation : E*lim`i*na"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. ?limination.]
Definition : 1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.)

Defn: the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

2. (Alg.)

Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913