elimination
- noun
- /ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən/
- Specialized
- A prerequisite to flexible processing needed for mass customization is the elimination of setup.
- variable elimination
- backward elimination
- quantifier elimination
What if I do elimination on this block matrix?
- What if I do elimination on this block matrix?
Examples
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Then, model selection was accomplished with a backward elimination procedure.
Academic text (1993) -
To solve the equation correctly, one must apply the process of elimination to cancel out the unknown variable.
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The above elimination process still left a great number of products.
Academic text (1994) -
Thus, by process of elimination, any compact object exceeding 3.5 M must be a black hole.
Academic text (1995) -
The linear system of equations is solved using Gaussian elimination.
Academic text (2018) -
The simple process of elimination had narrowed the Doomer suspect list down to Lieutenant Carl Jones.
Fiction book (1999) -
The results are the capacity to use thick specimens, the elimination of halo artifacts, and a dramatic improvement in resolution.
Academic text (2004) -
Subtracting sequential images should allow elimination of background activity, providing high target-to-background images of the extravasated blood (Fig. 6).
Academic text (2007) -
In math class, we learned that using elimination helps us find solutions by removing unnecessary variables.
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By applying the process of elimination, we can simplify the problem and clearly identify the remaining variables.
Antonyms
Compounds
A competition where losers leave after each round until one winner remains
- Specialized
A chemical reaction in which one molecule breaks into two smaller molecules by losing atoms or small groups
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elimination comes from the Latin eliminare, from e- or ex- 'out' and limen 'threshold'. In math, to eliminate a variable is simply to send that unknown 'out' of the equations so you can solve the rest.