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to eliminate

to eliminate

9 5.6
Remove a variable from two or more equations so you can solve them
  • verb
  • /ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : eliminar
  • Typically, such spectroscopic experiments are carried out at liquid helium temperatures to eliminate thermal broadening.
  • eliminate the variable

So what I'd like to do again is eliminate the fractions.

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Examples

  • So now we can actually add these two equations and we will eliminate the X.

  • Basically what we can do is just eliminate our two denominators.

  • So if we square both sides, that will help eliminate the square root.

  • However, the following table may be used to eliminate one of the mathematical steps.

    Academic text (1994)

  • So if you eliminate that option, there's only one other possibility.

    Flypaper (2011)

  • Since the topic under investigation was somewhat sensitive, extra care was taken to eliminate any ambiguity in the questionnaire.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Eliminate the variables.

    Sexual Predator (2001)

  • Loops can eventually be eliminated by more low-pass filtering.

    Academic text (2011)

  • After overlaps were eliminated, the final list contained eight goals (see Appendix B).

    Academic text (1996)

  • To solve the equation, we need to eliminate the unknown variable by substituting another variable.

Synonyms

to remove
vsto eliminate
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

is used only to take out an unknown from equations by algebraic substitution

Surface Forms

eliminate infinitive
eliminated past
eliminated past participle
eliminating present participle
eliminates third person singular

Etymology

Eliminate comes from Latin ex- 'out' and limen 'threshold', giving the image of taking something out through a door. In math, to eliminate a variable is to 'take it out' of the equations so it is no longer there.