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Webster 1913 Edition
Discussion
Dis-cus′sion
,Noun.
[L.
discussio
a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion
.] 1.
The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
[archaic]
2.
The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
The liberty of
discussion
is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay.
Discussion of a problem
or
Discussion of an equation
(Math.)
, the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result.
Math. Dict.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discussion
DISCUSSION
,Noun.
1.
In surgery, resolution; the dispersion of a tumor or any coagulated matter.2.
Debate; disquisition; the agitation of a point or subject with a view to elicit truth; the treating of a subject by argument, to clear it of difficulties, and separate truth from falsehood.