1.
2.
[syn: debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion]
3. the act of exhausting something entirely;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exhaustion \Ex*haus"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.]
1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of
emptying completely of the contents.
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2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of
being deprived of strength or spirits.
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3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an
exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent
to the modern method of limits.
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Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety
of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and
quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exhaustion
n 1: extreme fatigue
2: serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation,
enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion]
3: the act of exhausting something entirely