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elucidation

Noun

Meaning

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.

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the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook Source: Internet

I never met any one in Persia, either eel or moolla, who could give the least elucidation of this question. Source: Internet

For me, religious practice is primary; the philosophical project consists in an elucidation of the significance of that practice and of the religious life that embeds the practice. Source: Internet

"Rebirth," "Birth," and terms facsimile are contemporary whose jargon I thought was common knowledge and did not need elucidation. Source: Internet

“Svenonius’ true might with these written words is in his eloquence, his persuasive elucidation of his arguments and his convincing invocation of history as backing evidence.” Source: Internet

He later explains, "I had stupidly supposed this Comment to be a scholarly exposition of the Book, an elucidation of its obscurities and a demonstration of its praeterhuman origin. Source: Internet

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