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noun
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The level of processing of a message or argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
developing in intricate and painstaking detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: working out
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Broader terms: development
noun
addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: amplification
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Broader terms: expansion, expanding upon
noun
marked by elaborately complex detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: elaborateness, intricacy, involution
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Broader terms: complexity, complexness
noun
a discussion that provides additional information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: expansion, enlargement
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Broader terms: discussion, treatment, discourse
Narrower terms: expatiation, embellishment, embroidery
noun
the result of improving something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: refinement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: improvement, betterment, advance
History
From Middle French élaboration. Morphologically elaborate + -ion.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
