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CLARIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of removing solid particles from a liquid
Synonyms:
clarification; clearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("clarification" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Derivation:
clarify (make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
Example:
the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
Synonyms:
clarification; elucidation; illumination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("clarification" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarification"):
disambiguation (clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity)
Derivation:
clarify (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
