noun

elaboration

Elaboration (noun) means the act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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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

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.

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.

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Etymology

From Middle French élaboration. Morphologically elaborate + -ion.

Rhymes for elaboration

region ablation allusion emulsion ideation novation abortion abrasion diffusion elocution extension oxidation

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What is the meaning of elaboration?

"elaboration" (noun) means the act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

What are the different meanings of elaboration?

"elaboration" has 3 main meanings: 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement; 2. 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; 3. 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.