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Clarification   /klˌɛrəfəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Clarification

noun
1.
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding.  Synonyms: elucidation, illumination.
2.
The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.  Synonym: clearing.






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"Clarification" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Apparatus of Hennebutte and De Vaureal; 3. Treatment of Entire Sewage—Chevalet's Apparatus, Paul Mallet's Apparatus, Lencauchez's Apparatus. III., Extraction of Ammonia from Gas Liquor: Sections 1. Clarification of Gas Liquor; 2. Manufacture of Ammonium Sulphate—A. Mallet's Apparatus, A. Mallet's Modified Apparatus, Paul Mallet's Apparatus, Chevalet's Apparatus, Grueneberg's Apparatus; 3. Concentration of Gas Liquor—Solvay's Apparatus, ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

... Second, they furnish new impressions through the kinaesthetic sense, thus being a source of sense-impression. Third, they give rise to a greater number of ideas and link them up with the idea dominant at the moment. There is a further psychological effect of expression in the clarification of ideas. It is a well-attested fact that when we attempt to explain a thing to someone else, it becomes clearer in our own minds. You can demonstrate this for yourself by attempting to explain to someone ...
— How to Use Your Mind • Harry D. Kitson

... the year 1892-93 there came a sharp clarification in his ideas. He had followed closely the evasive debates in the Austrian Reichstag—debates which forever dodged the reality by turning the question into one of religion. "It is no longer—and it ...
— The Jewish State • Theodor Herzl

... polish, fastidiousness; purification, sublimation, subtility, clarification, tenuity. Antonyms: ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... and my want of gifts. Greater men will come at last to build within my scaffoldings. In some summary phrasing I must have set out the gist of this. I must have explained my sense of the supreme importance of mental clarification in human life. All this is manifest in her reply. And I think too I did my best to tell her plainly the faith that was in me, and why life seemed worth ...
— The Passionate Friends • Herbert George Wells



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