clarification
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) 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 impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.
- (countable, uncountable) An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity.
- (countable, uncountable) A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction).
- (countable, uncountable) Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.
Synonyms
making clear
clarificate
aufhallung
clearing up
Translations
clarification
chiarificazione
Klärung
clarificación
verduidelijking
açıklama
esclarecimento
διευκρίνιση
aclarimentFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.
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