Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elucidation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Elucidation \E*lu`ci*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lucidation.]
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which
elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an
illustration; as, one example may serve for further
elucidation of the subject.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

elucidation
n : an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;
"the professor's clarification helped her to understand
the textbook" [syn: {clarification}]


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