Complete Definition of "elaboration"

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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun

elaboration

#The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
#The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

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Revision and Credits for"elaboration"
  • 2007-12-04 16:45 - Jonathan Webley - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/194.74.167.192|194.74.167.192]] ([[User_talk:194.74.167.192|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]]

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