(n)analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives, Syn.reasoning by elimination
n. [ Cf. F. élimination. ] 1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Alg.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [ See Eliminate, 4. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[たいじ, taiji](n, vs) (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; (2) { Buddh } making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; (3) curing illness; (P)#13146[Add to Longdo]
[じゅんか, junka](n, vs) (1) persuading by heavy-handed methods; (2) (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements[Add to Longdo]