Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clarification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clarification \Clar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. clarification, L.
clarificatio glorification.]
1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by
freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
2. The act of freeing from obscurities.
The clarification of men's ideas. --Whewell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clarification
n 1: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;
"the professor's clarification helped her to understand
the textbook" [syn: {elucidation}]
2: the act of removing solid particles from a liquid [syn: {clearing}]
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