English

Noun

disambiguation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural disambiguations)

1. The removal of ambiguity.

   The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.

   • 1827, George Bentham, Outline of a New System of Logic: With a Critical Examination of Dr. Whately's "Elements of Logic, page 88

     Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.

Translations

Synonyms

• clarification, enlightenment, illumination

Scots

Noun

disambiguation ‎(plural disambiguations)

1. Disambiguation.