Definitions for elimination
ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃənelim·i·na·tion

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. elimination, riddancenoun

   the act of removing or getting rid of something

2. elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voidingnoun

   the bodily process of discharging waste matter

3. elimination, reasoning by eliminationnoun

   analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives

4. eliminationnoun

   the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations

5. elimination, liquidationnoun

   the murder of a competitor

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. eliminationnoun

   The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.

2. eliminationnoun

   The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.

3. eliminationnoun

   The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.

4. eliminationnoun

   The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

5. eliminationnoun

   The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

6. eliminationnoun

   The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.

7. eliminationnoun

   The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Eliminationnoun

   the act of expelling or throwing off

   Etymology: [Cf. F. limination.]

2. Eliminationnoun

   the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories

   Etymology: [Cf. F. limination.]

3. Eliminationnoun

   act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities

   Etymology: [Cf. F. limination.]

4. Eliminationnoun

   the act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]

   Etymology: [Cf. F. limination.]

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1. Elimination

   Elimination is the debut album of New Zealand hip-hop group, the Deceptikonz released in 2002.

Matched Categories

1. • Analysis
   • Discharge
   • Murder
   • Removal

How to pronounce elimination?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say elimination in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elimination in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elimination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of elimination in a Sentence

1. Johnnie Moore:

   I think Christians in Iraq and Syria are feeling a lot like the Jews felt before the Nazi Holocaust, and now is the time to get them out, because the fact is if we don't get them out they could see the total elimination of their faith and culture.

2. Tom Millar:

   In 2012 everybody realized that the biggest hurdle to elimination was the fact that we only had about 50 percent of the data required.

3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   The secret of writing a good e-mail is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to keep the two as close together as possible with effective message in between. Good e-mail writing is always 1% inspiration, and 99% elimination.

4. Lin Yutang:

   Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undoneThe wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

5. Hussein Abassi:

   We need to accelerate the elimination of hot spots all over the world, particularly the resolution of the Palestinian issue and enable the Palestinian people the right to self-determination on their land and build their independent state.

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