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Webster 1913 Edition
Clarification
Clarˊi-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
clarification
, L. clarificatio
glorification.] 1.
The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities;
as, the
. clarification
of wine2.
The act of freeing from obscurities.
The
clarification
of men’s ideas. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clarification
CLARIFICATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
clarification
clarification
English
Noun
clarification (plural clarifications)
- The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
- The clarification of wine.
- The act of freeing from obscurities.
- Your ideas deserve clarification.
Quotations
- 1627, Sir Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries
- To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.
Related terms
Translations
physical clarification (wine, butter, etc.)
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clarification of ideas, meaning, etc
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References
- clarification in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -jɔ̃
Noun
clarification f (plural clarifications)
Related terms
- see clair
Old French
Noun
clarification f (oblique plural clarifications, nominative singular clarification, nominative plural clarifications)