Elucidation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elucidation
       n 1: an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light
            on
       2: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;
          "the professor's clarification helped her to understand
          the textbook" [syn: {clarification}, {illumination}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "elucidation":
     allegorization, clarification, cracking, decipherment, decoding,
     demonstration, demythologization, editing, emendation,
     enlightenment, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, explanation,
     explication, exposition, expounding, illumination, illustration,
     light, rationale, reason, simplification, solution, unlocking